Posted on 09/30/21
| News Source: Newsmax
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday put out an ”urgent” advisory for women who are pregnant, or want to become pregnant, to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
“Pregnancy can be both a special time and also a stressful time — and pregnancy during a pandemic is an added concern for families,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said in a statement about the new advisory.
”I strongly encourage those who are pregnant or considering pregnancy to talk with their healthcare provider about the protective benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine to keep their babies and themselves safe.”
The agency said the benefits of getting one of the three available vaccines, Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson, either before or during pregnancy, ”outweigh the known or potential risks.”
The agency said that as of Sept. 27, more than 125,000 COVID cases have been lab-verified in pregnant women, including 22,000 hospitalizations and 161 deaths.
It also said that August had the highest single-month number of virus-related deaths in pregnant women, and that 97% of people in the hospital for either the virus or for labor while being positive for COVID were unvaccinated.