Via @AP: Moderna will submit its COVID-19 vaccine to the @US_FDA today for emergency authorization approval. Their latest data suggests the vaccine is more than 94% effective.https://apnews.com/article/technology-pandemics-europe-coronavirus-pandemic-a65a00cdf9725c9104886ded9052a85d …
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6/ But that thinking has shifted in recent years — particularly in light of the Ebola crisis, when, similarly to COVID-19, vaccines were not initially tested for pregnant people even though they were at severely heightened risk of mortality.https://bit.ly/36UbfCv
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7/ The mechanism underlying the Moderna vaccine — a new messenger RNA technology that helps the body develop antibodies to fight the coronavirus — has not been shown to cause harm during pregnancy, Anne Lyerly, an obstetrician and bioethicist at
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8/8 This gives Lyerly “reason for optimism” that even without being tested on pregnant people, the vaccine could be used to protect them, she said. “A focus on the needs to protect them through vaccination ... that’s an important shift.”https://bit.ly/36UbfCv
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