UW doctor challenges RFK Jr.'s COVID vaccine recommendations

Some OB-GYNs are pushing back against the federal government’s decision not to recommend the COVID shot for pregnant women.

“This is a tragedy,” said Linda Eckert, MD, in an interview from UW Medicine. “It doesn’t follow the science or the data or the clinical experience we’ve had since COVID has been part of our lives.”

Eckert said pregnant women develop more serious symptoms from COVID than women who are not pregnant.

“They develop more hospitalizations; they have to be in the ICU more often,” she said. “They need the use of a ventilator more often. They even die more often.”

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