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Willingness of pregnant women to get COVID-19 vaccine correlates to previous vaccine acceptance--study

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Pregnant patients who accepted recommended tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (Tdap) and flu vaccines in pregnancy were more likely to also get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a new study in the Journal of Infection.

Though COVID-19 vaccines are safe and recommended in pregnancy, uptake has been low as vaccine hesitancy and misinformation has overshadowed the use of the vaccines. Several studies have shown the vaccines do not negatively affect pregnancy outcomes or hinder fertility, two claims rampant on social media.

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