The findings come on top of research showing that people who are pregnant or gave birth recently and became infected are especially prone to getting seriously ill from covid-19. (via WAPO)
that offers the broadest evidence to date of the odds of infections among vaccinated patients with different medical circumstances.
from covid-19. And covid has been found to increase the risk of pregnancy complications, such as premature births.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been urging people to get coronavirus shots before or during pregnancy, seeking to dispel fear — widespread in some communities, without scientific basis — that those vaccinations could be harmful.
The data also raises scientific questions that warrant further research into how best to protect pregnant individuals and their babies from infection, according to public health leaders and specialists in pregnancy. Georges C. Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, said the Epic findings point to a need to understand whether it is most helpful to be vaccinated before becoming pregnant or soon afterward, the most useful time interval between shots and what dosage is best. Those questions apply, he said, to the well-being of pregnant patients and their babies.“There’s lots of good science to be had here,” Benjamin said. But for now, he added, “people shouldn’t panic.
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