A new UW Medicine study finds pregnant women do well with the COVID-19 vaccines.
Lead author Dr. Linda Eckert says their study of 17,000 pregnant and lactating women found no reactions any more severe than their non-pregnant counterparts.
By comparison she says a COVID-19 infection causes huge increases in risks of serious illness, premature labor and even death for pregnant women.
The CDC says the vaccination rate for pregnant women is much lower than the regular public at just 23% nationally.