Importance of Covid-19 Vaccination in Pregnancy - A Conversation with Dr. Rebecca Wineland, Medical University of South Carolina

Dr. Rebecca Wineland, Medical Director of Labor and Delivery & Associate Professor of Maternal Fetal Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina has a stark warning for pregnant women: get vaccinated or risk serious consequences from covid-19. 

 

Dr. Wineland says that just 23% of pregnant women in the US are vaccinated, and yet even healthy pregnant women who get covid are much more lineally to end up in the ICU or die. 

 

The message of Dr. Wineland and her colleagues is that the vaccine is safe, has been heavily scrutinized, it doesn’t increase the risks to the pregnancy, but it absolutely can save lives. 

 

Check out our interview to hear more.

 

Learn more about Dr. Wineland: https://muschealth.org/MUSCApps/ProviderDirectory/Wineland-Rebecca 

 

Learn more about the Medical Univ. of South Carolina: https://muschealth.org 

 

Learn more about the MUSC Children’s Hospital: https://musckids.org