For pregnant and nursing women, risks of COVID-19 probably outweigh risk of vaccine, experts say
According to a November study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pregnant women are significantly more likely to be admitted to an intensive care unit, to end up on a ventilator, and to die from COVID-19 than women of the same age and health status who aren t pregnant.
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HEAD of the Bahamas Nurses Union Amancha Williams has expressed reservation over the new COVID-19 vaccines, saying she would like to see the drugs tested for a year before it is administered locally.
She also said it should not be mandatory for nurses to take the jab in order to work.
“My advice is to give it a year. Make the rest of the world test it and bring it to your country. We as a country like to run after everything that the Americans do, but we need to take into consideration what are the side effects, how potent is this drug, is it completely approved by the FDA?