The CDC is amping up its plea for pregnant people to get vaccinated.
Vaccination rates for pregnant people are far lower than those of the general public – fewer than one-third were vaccinated before or during their pregnancy despite pregnancy being on the CDC’s list of conditions that increase the risk of contracting a severe case of COVID-19.
Clinical vaccine trials have historically excluded pregnant people. The COVID-19 vaccines were no different. But studies conducted after the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were authorized showed that they have no adverse effects on those who were pregnant.
We’ll talk about the factors contributing to those low vaccination rates among pregnant and breastfeeding people, including vaccine fertility misinformation.
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