She didn’t know her pregnancy meant she could get a COVID-19 booster. She got the virus instead.
Utah has seen more than 2,000 coronavirus cases in pregnant people during the pandemic, data shows.
(Rebecca Pipkin) Rebecca Pipkin receives monoclonal antibody therapy on Nov. 11, 2021, in Orem shortly after being infected with COVID-19 when she was 37 weeks pregnant.
Becky Jacobs is a Report for America corps member and writes about women’s issues and the status of women in Utah for The Salt Lake Tribune.