A health worker administers a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to a pregnant woman in Tel Aviv, Israel, on January 23. | Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images

People who are pregnant or breastfeeding in the US could choose to get the vaccines, or wait until more data comes out this spring.

People who are pregnant should be able to decide if they want to get the coronavirus vaccine, US health agencies and medical organizations resoundingly agree. And in the first couple months of vaccine rollout, many pregnant health care workers have already chosen to do so:

Today I received the COVID-19 vaccine. I’m also 17 weeks pregnant!

It wasn’t an easy choice, but reading the stories of many other pregnant health care workers #onhere helped me to decide. 1/8 pic.twitter.com/WAKiFyFxRl

— Irène P. Mathieu, MD (@gumbo_amando) January 13, 2021