Pregnant health-care workers weigh COVID-19 vaccine risks given lack of research
Posted: Feb 23, 2021 6:00 AM MT | Last Updated: February 23 Pregnant health-care workers face a dilemma between getting the COVID-19 vaccine or continuing to risk exposure to the virus and more severe possible outcomes. (Shutterstock/Bernardo Emanuell) As a public health nurse, Stephanie Pizzey knows better than most how COVID-19 vaccines work and how they were developed, and encourages people to take them when offered. But Pizzey, who is 26 weeks pregnant, isn't getting immunized yet on the advice of her doctor. "Initially, I was quite comfortable with getting it because I work a lot with v...
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