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“We need to make sure that other important vulnerable populations like pregnant people have a vaccine,” Underwood told The Hill’s Steve Clemons.
“We’ve seen data from the CDC that shows that African American and Hispanic women are having negative birth outcomes because of COVID exacerbating existing disparities.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), pregnant women with COVID-19 are at an increased risk for severe illness compared with women who are not pregnant.
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Cassidy, speaking at the event sponsored by PhRMA, argued that health care reform, not the 2010 Affordable Care Act, is the best way to lower costs.