ATLANTA - After seeing disturbing numbers of unvaccinated pregnant women become seriously ill with COVID-19, the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging expecting mothers to get vaccinated.According to CDC data, coronavirus leaves pregnant women at higher risk of severe illness and complications with their pregnancy.
Even so, vaccination rates remain low among that demographic.Only about 23% of them have received at least one dose of a vaccine.In this photo illustration a medical syringe and vials are seen in front of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) logo. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) ‘’The vaccines are safe and effective, and it has never been.