โThe ๐๐๐ published a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on November 6th with very important information about ๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ฒ.
๐They evaluated 400,000 symptomatic pregnant women and found:
๐บ3 ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด in pregnant women
๐บ2.5-3 ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ in pregnant women
๐บ2.5 ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐ (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation)
๐บ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ in pregnant women (although overall rate was low โ 1.5 per 1,000 cases)
These findings are present even when adjust for the pregnant moms age, race/ethnicity, and underlying medical conditions.
๐Additionally, a meta-analysis showed that ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐ than those without the disease.
๐With the increasing surge of COVID-19 cases in the United States, it is exceedingly important that all women who are trying to get pregnant, and who are currently pregnant to continue to take extra measures of social distancing and masking to ensure they are not exposed to the virus.โ
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