Pregnant women agonize over whether to get coronavirus vaccine Frances Stead Sellers
Replay Video 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
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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.
The life and death choices that determine when you will get vaccinated
How leaders decide who gets a vaccine By Kyle Midura | December 31, 2020 at 4:08 PM EST - Updated December 31 at 4:39 PM
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Millions of Americans want to be next in line for a vaccine with widespread coverage unlikely for several months. The task of calculating when it will be your turn is up to national, state, and local leaders.
âEach week, more and more doses of product get manufactured, more get quality controlled and released,â said U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar in a recent interview, âso itâs going to be an on-going thing every week.â