Ask Your CMO

Credit: Telfair Brown | Date Taken: 01/28/2021
Rear Admiral Dana Thomas, the Coast Guard’s chief medical officer, discuss with Lieutenant Kiley Relf the Covid vaccination and its impact on fertility and current pregnancies. Admiral Thomas has a message for every member of the Coast Guard family encouraging everyone to get vaccinated. “This vaccine is safe and effective,” Thomas said. “The chance that you will experience a major adverse reaction is about one in 250,000. As a humanitarian service, as a Coast Guard member, we have a responsibility to protect ourselves, our families, and our fellow Americans by being vaccinated.” U.S. Coast Guard video by Telfair H. Brown