Thread by @Cleavon_MD

🧵Pregnant women are at an increased risk for severe illness from COVID. This is the second thread dedicated to pregnant women worldwide who lost their lives during the pandemic. By telling their stories we'll ensure that their memories live on #SoulsLostToCovid

In a worldwide study of 2,100 pregnant women, those who contracted COVID-19 during pregnancy were 20 TIMES MORE LIKELY to die than those who did not contract the virus. #SoulsLostToCovid thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

Getting a COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy protects you from severe illness from COVID-19. cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…

This is the first thread that memorialized 40 pregnant women that died from COVID

🇩🇿 28 y.o. Dr. Wafa Boudisa from Ras El Oued #Algeria was 8 months pregnant when she passed away from COVID. She asked for early maternity leave THREE times, but was denied. #SoulsLostToCovid 1/30 middleeastmonitor.com/20200518-pregn…

🇮🇱 32 y.o. Osnat Ben Shitrit from Jerusalem #Israel was 30 wks pregnant when she passed away from COVID. Her brother-in-law led a large anti-vaxxer group. The mother of 4, feared vaccination might harm the baby. #SoulsLostToCovid 2/30 timesofisrael.com/family-of-preg…

🇧🇷 31 y.o. Camila Graciano from Anápolis, Goiás #Brazil was 8 months pregnant and vigilant during the pandemic. However, she became ill from COVID following a surprise baby shower. The baby survived but mom died. #SoulsLostToCovid 3/30 the-sun.com/news/1372559/p…

🇹🇷27 y.o. Nur Yavuz from Tokat, Kocaeli #Turkey was 6 months pregnant when she became ill with COVID. Both mom and baby passed away. #SoulsLostToCovid 4/30 cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/hamile-k…

🇦🇱 28 y.o. Emanuela Dalip from Tirana #Albania was pregnant when she became ill and passed away from COVID. #SoulsLostToCovid 5/30 gazeta-shqip.com/aktualitet/28-…

🇺🇸 31 y.o. Ajoraica Parker from Gonzales #Louisiana was 7 months pregnant with her 3rd child when she became ill with COVID. The baby survived, but mom died. #SoulsLostToCovid 6/30 wbrz.com/news/after-del…

🇧🇷 36 y.o. Dr. Carmela Louro Caneppa from Santo Antônio, Parana #Brazil was 5 months pregnant. Both mom & baby died. She is the daughter of Dr. João Caneppa & teacher Neuza Caneppa also killed by COVID. She leaves a 2 y.o. child. #SoulsLostToCovid 7/30 gazetadopovo.com.br/parana/medica-…

🇽🇰 29 y.o. Ardita Martinaj-Pervizaj from Prizren #Kosovo was 7 months pregnant and expecting to give birth to her first child when she passed away from COVID. #SoulsLostToCovid 8/30 gazetascanner.com/flet-babai-i-2…

🇧🇷 28 y.o. Jade Nascimento from Teresina, Piauí #Brazil was 26 weeks pregnant when she passed away from COVID. Both mom & baby died. "I can't believe you're gone, I just know that I'll love you forever," said her husband #SoulsLostToCovid 9/30 jtnews.com.br/noticias/mae-d…

🇹🇷 28 y.o. Tuğba Bekel, college professor of religious culture from Çankırı #Turkey was 37 weeks pregnant when she became ill from COVID, prompting an emergent c-section. Baby survived, but mom died. #SoulsLostToCovid 10/30 haberdairesi.com/turkiye/korona…

🇦🇷 30 y.o. Valeria Sosa from Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut #Argentina was pregnant when she passed away from COVID. She leaves two children left to navigate this world without a mother #SoulsLostToCovid 11/30 laopinionaustral.com.ar/comodoro-rivad…

🇷🇺 32 y.o. Lilia M from Neftekamsk, Bashkortostan #Russia was 32 weeks pregnant when she passed away from COVID. She leaves three sons and a newborn girl. #SoulsLostToCovid 12/30 gorobzor.ru/novosti/obsche…

🇧🇷 35 y.o. Taíse Santos da Conceição, nursing technician from Salvador, Bahia #Brazil was 7 months pregnant with her third child when she passed away from COVID. Her doctor broke down when he delivered the tragic news to the family #SoulsLostToCovid 13/30
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🇪🇬 Nurse Heba Ali Muhammad Al-Bayaa from Shibin El-Kom, Menoufia #Egypt was 8 months pregnant when she became ill from COVID. The baby survived, but mom died. #SoulsLostToCovid 14/30 bit.ly/3i2Jaym

🇧🇷 38 yo Patrícia Beatriz Albuquerque, mother of 3 boys, from Goiânia, Goiás #Brazil was 34 wks pregnant when she contracted COVID from her husband that worked at a JBS slaughterhouse. She died w/o knowing her daughter, Ana Beatriz #SoulsLostToCovid 15/30 opopular.com.br/noticias/cidad…

🇺🇸34 y.o. Kimberly Bianca David, @USNavy veteran, from Phoenix #Arizona was 6 months pregnant when she became ill from COVID. She died without knowing her newborn daughter, Catalea. She leaves a husband and two more daughters #SoulsLostToCovid 16/30 gofundme.com/f/wkzm4y-funer…

🇹🇷 31 y.o. Züleyha Özalt, mother of 2, from Osmancık, Çorum #Turkey was 8 months pregnant when she became ill with COVID, prompting an emergent c-section. Züleyha, who was the only child of her family, died not survive. #SoulsLostToCovid 17/30 gazeterize.com/haberde-insan/…

🇺🇸 40 y.o. Jennifer Lynn Terrell, mother of 2, from Benton #Kentucky was 5 months pregnant when she passed away from COVID on June 26, 2021. The Benton Church of Christ is devastated by this tragedy. #SoulsLostToCovid 18/30 facebook.com/rhonda.wilfong…

🇹🇷 42 y.o. Ebru Us Aykaş was a judge from Bursa in the Marmara Region of #Turkey. During the sixth month of pregnancy she became ill from COVID, prompting an emergency c-section. Baby survived, but mom died. #SoulsLostToCovid 19/30 egetelgraf.com/6-aylik-hamile…

🇧🇴 36 y.o. nurse Fanny Durán from Montero, Santa Cruz #Bolivia was 26 wks pregnant when she became ill from COVID at work. Her baby was to be named Valeria. Fanny & Valeria were cremated together. She leaves a husband & 2 daughters #SoulsLostToCovid soyquillacollo.wordpress.com/2020/04/08/la-…

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 37 y.o. Salina Shaw from Southend, Essex #England was expecting her third child when she became critically ill from COVID, prompting an emergency c-section. Mom died, but her baby girl named Love survived. #SoulsLostToCovid 21/30 theguardian.com/world/2020/apr…

🇹🇷 31 y.o. nurse Merve Cesur from the Zara district of Sivas #Turkey was 8 months pregnant when she became critically ill from COVID. The baby survived, but mom died #SoulsLostToCovid 22/30 haberkurulu.com/8-aylik-hamile…

🇺🇸 44 y.o. Sharon "Renee" Carroll, occupational therapist from Huntington #WestVirginia was 36 weeks pregnant when she became critically ill from COVID, prompting an emergency c-section. Baby survived, but mom died. #SoulsLostToCovid 23/30 herald-dispatch.com/news/community…

🇦🇷38 y.o. Daniela Casú from San Juan #Argentina was expecting her first daughter when she became critically ill from COVID, prompting an emergency c-section. Her baby Amelia survived, but mom died. #SoulsLostToCovid 24/30 tiempodesanjuan.com/sanjuan/2021/6…

🇧🇷 38 y.o. nurse Selidalva Marques from Francisco Morato, São Paulo #Brazil was at the end of her pregnancy when severely ill from COVID. Both mom and her baby boy Theo did not survive. #SoulsLostToCovid 25/30 cidadereporter.com/moradora-de-fr…

🇹🇷 30 y.o. Özgün Öztürk from Istanbul #Turkey worked as a unit assistant at a children's activity center and was 21 weeks pregnant when she became ill from COVID. Both mom and baby did not survive. #SoulsLostToCovid 26/30 gazetezebra.com.tr/2021/yerel-hab…

🇺🇸 31 y.o. Lolita Davis from Roseland, Chicago #Illinois was 30 weeks pregnant with her 4th child when she became ill from COVID. Both mom and baby did not survive. #SoulsLostToCovid 27/30 chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/08/26/fam…

🇺🇦 26 y.o. Zoryana Mosondz from Berezhany, Ternopil #Ukraine worked as a dental hygienist and loved to photograph the sky. She was 7 months pregnant when she became ill from COVID. Her baby survived, but she didn't. #SoulsLostToCovid 28/30 tsn.ua/ru/exclusive/c…

🇹🇷26 y.o. Merve Erdem from Vakfıkebir, Trabzon #Turkey was pregnant with her second child when she passed away from COVID #SoulsLostToCovid 29/30
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🇺🇦 28 y.o. Dr. Maryana Malannik, pediatrician from the Chernivtsi region of #Ukraine was expecting her first child when she passed away from COVID. #SoulsLostToCovid 30/30 focus.ua/ukraine/479314…

I'll end this thread on a positive note...
🇺🇸25 y.o. Gabby Manoz from Fresno California was 32 weeks pregnant when she became critically ill from COVID. After a prolonged hospital stay both her & baby survived #TheySurvivedCovid
gvwire.com/2020/11/17/wom…