back in the park, we ask if the real world evidence is enough. raise your hand if you ve gotten the vaccine. for me there is not enough data there personally from what i ve researched to make me feel comfortable getting it. i just felt more comfortable knowing that i had some protection than no protection at all. reporter: a majority of pregnant people in the u.s. and uk remain unvaccinated with many still waiting for answers. you can see how each and every one of those women really struggled with that decision. they all told me they received conflicting advice from their doctors, contradictory information online. take the case of christine kaufman in that story, she said i m a scientist by profession, i believe in the stuff, but i simply couldn t get answers. that is how she ended up with covid-19 in hospital a week before her due date. it is absolutely concerning to all of these parents that there
in. pregnancy in the time of pandemic comes with a big question, whether or not to get vaccinated. staying up at night and researching, it became slightly like an obsession. you re being told not to have it and the next minute to have it. it was a bit confusing. reporter: guidance keeps changing. british officials first advised expectant mothers against vaccination but since july strongly urge it. in the u.s. the cdc does not directly recommend it for pregnant people but say that they are eligible. while to leading obstetric groups say expect tant mothers should be immunized, unable to find clearances, christine kaufman decided not to get vaccinated. i was definitely worried about it being so new and us not having a lot of research on it. reporter: one week before her due date, she tested positive for covid-19. at that time i thought that i was going to die.
Last spring, just after schools pivoted to virtual learning, dozens of parents from the School District of Lancaster signed an op-ed calling attention to the plight of our district in light of the pandemic (âPublic school funding at risk during pandemic,â April 25 LNP | LancasterOnline).
In February 2020, School District of Lancaster Superintendent Damaris Rau announced that our district was facing a $10 million deficit. Knowing that communities of color would bear the brunt of the pandemic, we feared the impending wreckage. Accordingly, we asked our lawmakers to fund our public schools fairly and adequately.
A year later, our call is more pressing than ever.