as well as protecting mums to be. professor lucy chapel is the chief scientific advisor at the department of health and social care and she is professor of obstetrics at queens couege professor of obstetrics at queens college london. thank you for being with us to help explain these findings. i suppose the first question people ask is why have we only realized or been able to confirm their link at the stage? irate confirm their link at the stage? we have confirm their link at the stage? - have been monitoring the numbers of pregnant women who have needed hospitalization or admission to intensive care and one of our real concerns is the rising numbers of women needing intensive care including excavating a story in the recent third wave. it s been a real concern to us. so we are really encouraging pregnant women to get vaccinated which has been recommended since december so they can avoid all the complications of covid 19 disease. can avoid all the complications of covid-19 disease. cov
you re right, she will have big burdens. i wish i could be there to lighten her load somewhat. but she s tough. and i have i know what it means to carry burdens. because the fact of the matter is if there are problems around the world, the first question people ask is why isn t washington doing something about it. this is why it s so important not to discount the importance of the transatlantic alliance. in international forum, in g-7s, in the united nations, the united states and germany are not always perfectly aligned.
extraordinary burdens that she s had to carry if she chooses to continue, you re right, she will have big burdens. i wish i could be there to lighten her load somewhat, but she s tough. and i have i know what it means to carry burdens because the fact of the matter is that if there are problems around the world, the first question people ask is, why isn t washington doing something about it? this is why it s so important not to discount or take for granted the importance of the transatlantic alliance. this is probably the best place for me to end. in international forum, in g-20s, in g-7s, in the united