[Q&A] Why did you miss the vaccination for pregnant women? Are you responsible for side effects?

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I will summarize the remaining questions about the vaccine with medical reporter Cho Dong-chan.

[Cho Dong-chan / Medical reporter (specialist): The World Health Organization does not recommend vaccination for pregnant women.

This is because clinical trials have not confirmed that the vaccine is safe.

On the other hand, the US actually recommends it.

Animal experiments show that there is no harm to pregnant women and fetuses, and pregnant women are also at high risk for coronavirus.

Since the World Health Organization is different from the United States, our government is in a position to watch more.

Adolescents and children under the age of 18 are also not clinically tested.

In addition, even if it is infected, it rarely worsens seriously, so I was excluded from the vaccination target.

For breastfeeding women, both the United States and the World Health Organization recommend vaccination, and may continue breastfeeding after vaccination.]

[Cho Dong-chan/medical reporter (specialist): It seems to be able to compensate for the acute allergic reaction that occurs within 30 minutes of the injection, shortness of breath and shock caused by anaphylaxis.

However, the successive elderly deaths in Norway are a little different.

If it is concluded that the elderly with the underlying disease died due to mild and common symptoms after vaccination such as fever and diarrhea, compensation may be difficult.]

[Cho Dong-chan/medical reporter (specialist): Even if you have an allergy, it is very rare that breathing difficulties or shock appear after vaccination.

You don't have to worry too much, right?

In addition, there are reports that if you get the corona vaccine twice, your immunity becomes stronger than those who have had the coronavirus.

For this reason, it is recommended that vaccination is also given to those who have healed.

However, if the immunity is strong, it is true that there are almost no symptoms even when the virus enters, but I cannot guarantee that the virus spreading ability will disappear.

So you should wear a mask even after getting the vaccine.]