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Covid-19 vaccine; pregnant women are to choose to be vaccinated

As many countries are vaccinating their people in big number, for pregnant and breast-feeding women it’s still not confirmed either they may get vaccinated or not.

One of the reason they give is that the vaccine was not tested on pregnant women and no further research was done on that specific group; however, for those who are among front liner group, they are proposed to choose either to take it or not.

According to the centers for disease control and prevention, based on how these vaccines work in the body, experts believe that they are unlikely to pose a specific risk for people who are pregnant. However, there are currently limited data on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant people.

“unfortunately, we have no data on the safety of the vaccine in pregnant and lactating individuals because they were excluded from Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trials for all of the COVID-19 vaccines in development,” Dr. Christopher Zahn, the vice president of the American congress of obstetricians and gynecologists (ACOG) told Huff Post.

“Certainly the lack of safety and efficacy data will need to be part of the conversation that patients who are pregnant or considering pregnancy will need to have with their obstetrician-gynecologist or other health care professional,” Zahn added.

The covid-19 vaccines are being given around the world, people with 18 years to up are eligible to get it following the line of priority, but still people are to wait for what may happen after.

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