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Comment
. 2021 Jan 8;39(2):171-172.
doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.12.007. Epub 2020 Dec 4.

Pregnant people deserve the protection offered by SARS-CoV-2 vaccines

Melanie M Maykin  1 , Cara Heuser  2 , Helen Feltovich  2 ; with the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Health Policy Advocacy Committee
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Comment

Pregnant people deserve the protection offered by SARS-CoV-2 vaccines

Melanie M Maykin et al. Vaccine. .

Abstract

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    It is imperative that vaccine development and deployment include pregnant individuals because:

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    They are at equal, if not greater, risk of severe COVID-19 illness than nonpregnant patients.

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    Vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to the fetus has been documented.

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    Placental injury from SARS-CoV-2 may lead to stillbirth and poor neonatal outcome.

Keywords: COVID-19; Fetal; High-risk patients; Lactation; Maternal immunization; Neonatal; Pregnancy; Research and development; SARS-CoV-2; Vaccination.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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