Are You Pregnant?

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The good news is that this is not the worst case sinari as far as respiratory viruses are concerned. Babies are mostly spared the worst, you know, effects of the infection. Rates of fatalities among pragmen people aren't especially high, although the risk is slightly higher. And they are weirdly less likely to showsym s in the way that people who aren't pregnant are.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been many open questions about how COVID-19 could impact pregnant people and their babies – confounded by a lack of data.

But now, studies are finally starting to provide some answers. While it does seem that pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of hospitalisation, babies appear to be spared from severe illness in most cases.

In this week’s Coronapod we talk about these findings, and the questions that remain – including whether vaccines are safe to give to pregnant people.

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