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 introduced this year by Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Lauren Underwood of Illinois. In January, JAMA Internal Medicine published a study that found a significantly higher rate of complications (like preterm birth, preeclampsia, and blood clotting) among women who had COVID-19 and gave birth in hospitals between April and November of last year. But JAMA also published a study recently that found that the majority of women who tested positive for COVID-19 during delivery passed antibodies along to their newborns.
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