As COVID-19's omicron wave slowly declines nationwide, states like California have lifted their mandates requiring universal masking in public. Beyond California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, and New York, have lifted mask mandates as well.
While the optics of the transition to a (hopefully) post-pandemic world appears to signal a moment of respite, many people who are considered to be at high risk for COVID-19 — particularly pregnant people — are rightfully wary of a return to a so-called normal. Indeed, because the squirrelly omicron variant can infect those are who are vaccinated (and boosted) against the virus — and because the risk of severe infection is higher for this demographic group — many of those who are pregnant are now left wondering how they are expected to navigate a less-cautious world, in which they remain more vulnerable.
