COVID-19 Vaccinated Pregnant Women Found at High-Risk for Breakthrough Infection – Precision Vaccinations

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A new study published by Wisconsin-based Epic Research quantifies how specific comorbidities could affect the risk of breakthrough COVID-19 cases, defined as getting an infection after being 'fullyvaccinated.'

Published on March 31, 2022, these Epic researchers used medical records to find pregnant womenare 1.91 times as likely to have a breakthrough infection.

And individuals with a solid organ transplant are 1.83 times as likely, and people withan immune system deficiency are 1.63 times as possible.

However, thisstudy did not find that cancer increased the risk of breakthrough infections.

These data come from Cosmos, a HIPAA-defined Limited Data Set of more than 140 million patientsfrom 161 Epic organizations, including 960 hospitals and 20,814 clinics, serving patients in all 50 states.

Two Epic teams completed this study, each composed of a clinician and research scientists who worked independently.

This study'sfindings support the U.S. CDC's recommendation that patients with high-risk comorbidity may need enhanced infection prevention control beyond vaccination to minimize the risk of future infection.

The CDCrecently stated, 'even if you are fully vaccinated andlive in an area with a highCOVID-19 Community Level infection rate, you will be better protected if you wear a mask in indoor public places.'

And, 'people who areimmunocompromisedmay not always build adequate levels of protection after an initial 3-dose primary mRNA COVID-19 vaccine series.'

Moreover, 'havingcertain underlying medical conditions and other factors, including age, can further increase the risk of getting very sick from COVID-19 during or at least 42 days following pregnancy.

As of February 19, 2022, the CDC's data dashboard presents COVID-19 vaccination among pregnant womenaged 18-49 years overall, by race/ethnicity, and when the women were vaccinated.

Note: The Epic study and CDC information were edited for clarity and manually curated for mobile readers.

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