ou’re beautiful,’—but I couldn’t help feel so insecure, wishing that I had anything but my own body, my own face. It was probably when I went to Carnegie Mellon University. I was suddenly surrounded by like-minded people. There were more Black folks than I had ever known in my life. They were like, ‘It doesn't matter what you know or who your family is—you're Black, you walk in the world Black, and you're amazing, you're beautiful, and you should love yourself.’ Being welcomed by this other part of my identity was what I needed and now I love the fact that my skin is rich with all these different colors. I'm so grateful for what I have, but that came with loving and appreciating myself for other reasons, you know? It was easier to appreciate what I was looking at when I loved myself first. Today, I don't care what anyone else thinks. I move through the world in a way that I'm really proud of.”
On February 3rd, Anthony Fauci announced that he had seen “no red flags” in the 10,000 pregnant women who had received the vaccine in the U.S. In short, yes, simply because pregnancy itself is designated high risk for the development of severe disease, hospitalization, and even death, says Leftwich. “The MMWR [Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] estimated that pregnant women are at three times higher risk for requiring admission to an ICU or requiring a ventilator [because of COVID-19] and that their risk of death is about 70% higher than their nonpregnant peers,” adds Fradin. That risk is compounded for pregnant women of color. The maternal death rate for black mothers is already double the rate of white mothers, and nationally Black and Latina women are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 during pregnancy. So grave are the concerns around COVID-19 and maternal mortality that legislation to address the issue was introduce...
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