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'This is preventable': Pregnant women urged to get COVID-19 vaccine to protect themselves, baby

'This is preventable': Pregnant women urged to get COVID-19 vaccine to protect themselves, baby
16 WAPT'S TROY JOHNSON JOINS US WITH THE PLEA FROM DOCTORS. MEGAN. .. THE DELTA VARIANT IS STILL PREVALENT, AND DOCTORS SAY UNVACCINAT ED WOMEN ARE PUTTING THEIR HEALTH ALONG WITH THEIR BABIES, AT RIS..K. MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF INTO THE FIGHT AGAIT NS CORONAVIRUS, AND PEOPLE ARE STILL DYING... THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORTING MORE THAN 150 DEATHS OVER THE LAST 4 DS.AY.. GRAPHIC MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COVID-19 DAILY TOTALS SEPTEMBER 10-12: 71 SEPTEMBER 13: 80 POINT...A PANDEMIC OF THE UNVACCINATED AND MISSISSIPPI DOCTS OR ARE GREATLY CONCERNED THAT PREGNANT WOMEN ARE AMONG THOSE FEELING THE IMPACT... OVER THE PAST SERAL VE WEEKS, MSDH HAS REPORTED 8 PREGNANT WOMEN HAVE DIED FR OM COVID- 19... THE SOBERING THREAD THAT TI TESHESE CASES TOGETHER...ALL OF THE WOMEN WERE UNVACCINATED. .. RACHAEL MORRIS IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF INTERNAL FIELD MEDICINE UMMC... <THIS IS PREVENTABLE AT THIS POINT I HAVE NOT SE EN ONE COMPLICATION FROM A VACCINATION NOT ONE AND NO MOTHER HAS BEEN UP HE ER CRITICALLY SICK WHO'S BEEN VACCINATED I MEAN THE CONTRAST IT'S UNBELIEVLE> AB STATE HEALTH OFFICIA SAY IN THOSE 8 CASES THE BABIES WERE BORN PREMATURE, BUT ARE ALIVE... MORRIS SAYS THESE MOTHERS PRESENTED WI TH SEVERE ILLNESS, REQUIRING IN TUBATION, AND ICU CARE. .. <THEY ARE AFRAID THEY WOT WAKE UP AND WE TELL THEMO T FIGHT AND TH WATE'LL DO EVYTERHING WE CAN R FO THEM...OVER AND OVER. SORR Y> EANMOTIONAL PROFESSOR MORRIS SAYS SHE TALKS WITH UNVACCINATED MOTHERS EVERYDAY...ALL D..AY ONE OF THEIR PRIMARY CONCERNS IS THATHE T VACCINE WILL HURT THEIR CHILD... SHE TELLS THEM THE SCIENCE SHOWS THAT'S UNTR..UE. <YOU'RE GIVING YOUR BABY THE BEST CHANCE IT HAS POSSIBLY GETTING SOME IMMUNITY AFTER THE BABY IS BORN MORRIS SAYS THAT IMMUNITY HELPS THE YOUNGEST OF US POTENTIALLY FIGHT OFF THE VIRUS... SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN, MORE THAN 147 PREGNANT WOMEN ACROSS THE US HAVE DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS... STATE OFFICIALS ARE PLEADING WH IT UNVACCINATEDOM
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'This is preventable': Pregnant women urged to get COVID-19 vaccine to protect themselves, baby
A doctor at the University of Mississippi Medical Center said pregnant women can protect themselves and their unborn child by getting vaccinated against COVID-19.Eight pregnant women have died of COVID-19 in Mississippi in recent weeks, according to state health officials. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pregnant women are at higher risk for severe illness if they contract COVID-19.Dr. Rachel Morris, a UMMC obstetrician, said seeing an expectant mother with COVID-19 fighting to stay alive for her baby is heartbreaking."They are afraid of a breathing tube, but they ask for it anyway because they can't breathe. They are afraid they won't wake up, and we tell them to fight and that we'll do everything we can for them," Morris said.Morris said vaccinated mothers will give their baby some immunity to COVID-19.Watch the video above for more on this story.

A doctor at the University of Mississippi Medical Center said pregnant women can protect themselves and their unborn child .

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Eight pregnant women in Mississippi in recent weeks, according to state health officials. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pregnant women are at higher risk for severe illness if they contract COVID-19.

Dr. Rachel Morris, a UMMC obstetrician, said seeing an expectant mother with COVID-19 fighting to stay alive for her baby is heartbreaking.

"They are afraid of a breathing tube, but they ask for it anyway because they can't breathe. They are afraid they won't wake up, and we tell them to fight and that we'll do everything we can for them," Morris said.

Morris said vaccinated mothers will give their baby some immunity to COVID-19.

Watch the video above for more on this story.