January 1, 2021
For the first eight months of her pregnancy, Yadira Rivas, a nurse coordinator at Neighborhood Health of Virginia, relied on masks and gloves to protect her from the coronavirus that is rampant among her patients.
Recently, she’s been considering another option – getting vaccinated. But after consulting with her obstetrician, Rivas decided to wait to get a shot until after her baby is born.
“One thing that the provider did mention is that it is worse to have the covid than to have the vaccine,” she said. But with no safety data available for pregnant women, Rivas thinks she would have chosen to wait even if she were far earlier in her pregnancy. “Just to stay safe,” she said.
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