Dr. Anthony Fauci told the American Medical Association on Thursday that there were “no warning signs” in tests with pregnant women who have had the COVID-19 vaccine “so far”.
The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said that although pregnant women were initially excluded from vaccine testing, more than 10,000 pregnant women have been on tests since the Food and Drug Administration issued the Emergency Use Authorization to manufacturers vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna,
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“The FDA, as part of the typical follow-up that you have after the initial issuance of a USA, has so far found no warning signs,” he said.
He added that “many of the pregnant women” in the trials “were health care providers” who were exposed to COVID-19 and chose to “take a chance” with the vaccine instead of becoming infected with COVID-19, which some medical experts they say it can have an adverse effect on pregnancy or pregnant women.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on January 7 that pregnant women in groups who were recommended to receive the virus, such as health professionals followed by essential frontline professionals, may choose to receive the vaccine.
The CDC noted that pregnant women should take into account that there is limited data on how vaccines affect pregnant women and that being infected with COVID-19 during pregnancy can increase the risk of serious illness.
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The World Health Organization, however, said in a January 8 article that it does not recommend that pregnant women take the vaccine “at this time” unless “a pregnant woman has an unavoidably high risk of exposure (for example, a health professional) “, in this case,” vaccination can be considered in the discussion with your health care provider “.
Fauci added that data from studies involving children and the COVID-19 vaccine will be available in the spring or summer of this year.