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Pregnant People Haven’t Been Part Of Vaccine Trials. Should They Get The Vaccine? – KPCC
The CDC estimates 330,000 health care personnel could be pregnant or recently postpartum at the time of vaccine implementation.
The Food and Drug Administration is likely soon to authorize distribution of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. But the vaccine trials have so far excluded pregnant people.
Among those first in line to get the vaccine, this is a significant exclusion. Three-quarters of health care workers are women, including more than 85% of nurses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 330,000 health care personnel could be pregnant or recently postpartum at the time of vaccine implementation.
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