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[quote=Anonymous]If anything, I don’t think the understanding about the impact of COVID on wife’s pregnancy decision is deep enough, particularly if she is in a role that has been impacted by COVID.

As a female with a deep understanding of COVID, I would not consider for one minute having a kid prior to the ability to vaccinate both parents and kids of all ages.  Yes, I know millions of babies have been born around the world during the pandemic, but I’m not willing to take on that risk.

Pre-vaccination, getting pregnant substantially increased your risk of serious adverse outcome and the risk to a newborn was also serious. Now, while a vaccinated pregnant woman is safer than unvaccinated, it’s still not entirely clear what the risks are to pregnant women.

Currently, the risks to 0-5 are unclear, particularly in terms of Long COVID.  In order to shelter an unvaccinated child you have to seriously limit contact, so daycare is out and maybe even a nanny, potentially meaning a newborn child has to be cared for by a parent until vaccinated.

I’d far prefer to wait until vaccination is available for 0-5.  Then the risk of getting sick is much lower, as is the adverse outcome risk, and now there is further mitigation of downside risk from at least 2 possible treatments (antibody and new pill). 
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