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For Canadians who were pregnant during the pandemic, those who were immunized against COVID-19 were less vulnerable to severe outcomes than those who had not gotten a vaccination, according to new research published this week. ....
Posted: Feb 23, 2021 6:00 AM MT | Last Updated: February 23 Pregnant health-care workers face a dilemma between getting the COVID-19 vaccine or continuing to risk exposure to the virus and more severe possible outcomes. (Shutterstock/Bernardo Emanuell) As a public health nurse, Stephanie Pizzey knows better than most how COVID-19 vaccines work and how they were developed, and encourages people to take them when offered. But Pizzey, who is 26 weeks pregnant, isn t getting immunized yet on the advice of her doctor. Initially, I was quite comfortable with getting it because I work a lot with vaccines, said Pizzey. With this one it s a little tricky because it hasn t been researched thoroughly in pregnancy or breastfeeding women. ....