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Vaccination rate. only a third of pregnant women are fully vaccinated. studies show covid-19 worsens pregnancy complications, and this new data shows that almost one in five of england s most critically ill covid patients, one in five are unvaccinated pregnant women. let s bring in dr. tamika augusty. thank you so much for joining us this morning. laura and i have been looking at these numbers for sometime and they ve been stubbornly low, the vaccination rates of women. quite honestly, there wasn t clear guidance for women until maybe july or earlier in the summer. is that why too few pregnant women have the shot? and what s your message for pregnant women right now? good morning. thank you for having me. yes, i think that the reason is there wasn t very clear data in the beginning. but since we ve had the studies done and we are learning more, the message has changed. and we know now that pregnant ....
Right? it should. we need to let everyone know what we re seeing. we are definitely seeing that pregnant women who are getting symptomatic covid are becoming very, very sick. we are seeing those patients end up in the i.c.u. on advance life support, and some of them dying. we see that. we have to talk about that. we need to let people know that s what we re seeing now. so i think it s very important messaging to give the entire picture of what s going on. that is the reality of what is going on. thank you so much for all of your work, dr. tamika augusty, board member of american college of obstetricians gynecologists. appreciate so much, doctor. thank you. all right. the university of north carolina at chapel hill cancelling classes today to observe what it is calling a wellness day. the school is reeling from two students who died by suicide in just the past month. cnn s jacqueline howard has more on this. reporter: christina and ....