County of Wake issued the following announcement on Aug. 20.
Join us on August 26 at 7pm for a LIVE conversation about pregnancy, fertility & COVID-19 vaccines. Maternal Health experts will answer questions about vaccine safety for pregnant people, those who want to become pregnant in the future and other concerns for expectant mothers.
The CDC recommends that pregnant people should be vaccinated against COVID-19. As of July 31, only 23% of those who are pregnant had received at least one dose of vaccine against the coronavirus, according to CDC statistics. .
Recently, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), the two leading organizations representing specialists in obstetric care, recommend that all pregnant individuals be vaccinated against COVID-19. The organizations’ recommendations in support of vaccination during pregnancy reflect evidence demonstrating the safe use of the COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy from tens of thousands of reporting individuals over the last several months, as well as the current low vaccination rates and concerning increase in cases.
Our panel of experts includes including Dr. Rasheeda Monroe, MD, FAAP, Medical Director - Primary Care Pediatrics, WakeMed; Dr. Carmen Beamon, MD, MPH, Chair of Obstetrics & Gynecology department and Medical Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine, WakeMed; Dr. Michele Benoit-Wilson, MD, FACOG, Board-Certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist; and Dr. Nicole Mushonga, MD, MS, Associate Medical Director/ Epidemiology Director of Wake County.
Original source can be found here.
Source: County of Wake
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