Nearly 90% of babies who had to be hospitalized with COVID-19 had mothers who didn't get the vaccine while they were pregnant.
Nearly 90% of babies who had to be hospitalized with COVID-19 had mothers who didn't get the vaccine while they were pregnant, according toreleased by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings appear in the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Of the 1470 infants sick enough to be hospitalized due to COVID, severe outcomes occurred"frequently," according to the report. Excluding newborns hospitalized at birth, about one in five infants hospitalized with COVID required intensive care, and nearly 1 in 20 required a ventilator. But persistent vaccine misinformation online has led to skepticism among Silverman's pregnant patients.
Greenhouse believes the new data could solidify the risk of skipping the vaccine when she speaks to families.
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