Comments by "Deborah Freedman" (@deborahfreedman333) on "Doctor explains 'alarming' new CDC report" video.

  1. In 2021, we were still very much in pandemic times. Mothers were often not allowed to bring family to births, for important emotional support. After giving birth, with the loss of healthcare workers, getting follow up care was more difficult. And, lets not forget having Covid-19 while pregnant, not only often caused miscarriages, among the unvaccinated, it also often killed unvaccinated mothers. Pregnancy also can cause diabetes and heart problems, health ailments that are twice as likely in black people, and other minorities, than in whites. This increases the maternal mortality rate. And when you factor in, the initial reluctance, among minority communities, to increase survival rates, through Covid-19 vaccines, it isn't surprising minorities have a higher maternal mortality rate.
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  2. Those challenges don't just affect black women, but all women. It is true that black people have twice as much diabetes as whites, but the risk of gestational diabetes is twice as high, not just when the mother is black, but if the father is black or biracial. Nobody in my family has ever had gestational diabetes, but my daughter had very severe cases with both her pregnancies, because her husband is black. Sadly, many OBGYNs ignore the father's genetic contribution.
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