Being #pregnant during a #pandemic is no picnic. My advice having experienced it: trust your gut (& public health officials). You do not need to put yourself or your fetus in harms way for other’s ignorance. Demand mask wearing & social distancing or bye https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👋" title="Waving hand" aria-label="Emoji: Waving hand">
W/o the numbers, we end up knowing very little abt COVID19 during #pregnancy/postpartum. Tbh, I was skeptical of any claim that #pregnant ppl were not more susceptible. They were for #SARS-CoV (2002-2004) & they are for #influenza. Why would this respiratory disease be different?
TW: maternal and infant mortality. Though race data was missing for 20%, Black and Latino #pregnant people were disproportionately affected across all age grps - a trend observed in nonpregnant grps as well. Again, we are failing pregnant people of color. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6925a1.htm">https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volu...
Also impt https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đź—Ł" title="Silhouette eines sprechenden Kopfes" aria-label="Emoji: Silhouette eines sprechenden Kopfes"> #pregnant ppl are likely caregivers for other children. Recent data show young children carry the same amt #SARSCoV2 in nose, throat as infected adults & can transmit. This needs to be considered as a risk factor when sending kids to school ( #pregnant #teachers too).
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