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Would your career really suffer from not going, OP? Because it's true that pregnancy slightly increases your risk of Covid complications.

Also, may I ask which vaccine you took and when?

Here's what you need to know: vaccine immunity wanes in a few months, but more in Pfizer than with Moderna, because Moderna contains 3 times more mRNA. J&J wasn't as protective to begin with. However Moderna also has slightly more clotting risks associated with it than Pfizer, and those are currently being studied. Since those risks are extremely low, "slightly more" still means they're extremely low. But you should know this to be fully informed.

I chose the Moderna vaccine, knowing all this. If I were you, I would not travel at all. If you have to travel, I suggest you get a Pfizer booster if you are 5 months past your second vaccine dose (or first J&J). 5-6 months is when the Israel government study determined that vaccine immunity waned significantly in the populations they studied. There are some major confounding factors in that study, notably that they could not control for the following: people who were vaccinated very early were highly exposed or highly vulnerable so it makes sense they might catch Covid at a higher rate than others, and that their "waning immunity" would therefore appear to be more significant than it might actually be for the average person. However, Fauci is pushing for a booster at the 5 months mark, because you can't get away from the stark 50% drop in vaccine efficiency after 5-6 months, even if non-highly exposed populations.

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