“Is pregnancy considered high risk during COVID 19 ?”

Pregnancy is a form of mild immune suppression, because the mother cannot allow her immune system to reject the fetus. Therefore, many infections are higher risk for pregnant women. Among the most commonly known and well documented are influenza and chickenpox, both of which can cause severe disease and even death in pregnant women who are otherwise completely healthy. Covid-19 also appears to be more serious, generally speaking, in pregnant women versus non-pregnant same-age comparisons. Sadly, occasionally Covid-19 in pregnancy proves to be fatal. I would strongly recommend looking into vaccination if you haven’t already been vaccinated.

Randall Fisher, M.D.