Doctors are working to combat COVID vaccine and booster hesitancy among pregnant people, who tend to test more, but are immunocompromised.
She has yet to get the COVID-19 booster, but does plan on it as soon as possible
Doctors have been urging their pregnant patients to get as much protection as possible. A new study published by Epic Research showed that pregnancy doubles the risk of breakthrough COVID-19 infections. While pregnant people tend to get tested more, they are immunocompromised. But, for OB/GYN Dr. Sonya Thomas, who serves almost all minority patients, convincing the pregnant ones to get vaccinated is a daily challenge."I would say a third of my patients are vaccinated and the other two third's that's not, I've gotten pushback," Thomas said.
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