At hospitals across the South, doctors report treating more pregnant women than at any point in the pandemic.
The delay stemmed from a lack of strong data to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine in pregnant women. The three major clinical trials on the vaccines in the U.S., from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, did not set out to enroll pregnant women, though some became pregnant during the trials.
Hughes, who is a member of the college’s COVID-19 OB Expert Work Group, stood by the decision to wait to issue the recommendation."I think it would have been irresponsible to say that we knew it was safe until we actually had the data to support that," she said.
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