ACOG Recommended Vaccine Schedule Includes COVID and Flu for Pregnant People. More Reinforcement that Babies Represent an Important Risk. Thoughts on the Evolving COVID Protection Landscape.

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ACOG Recommended Vaccine Schedule Includes COVID and Flu for Pregnant People. More Reinforcement that Babies Represent an Important Risk. Thoughts on the Evolving COVID Protection Landscape.

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Pregnant People. More Reinforcement that Babies Represent an Jinnie Kim, PhD

Important Risk. Thoughts on the Evolving COVID Protection Landscape. (212) 882-2344 jinnie.kim@btig.com

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recommended vaccines backed by the strongest available evidence (Exhibit 1). This Revisions

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(note HERE) showing the increased risk of COVID19 in the very young (Exhibit 2). The

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