TY - JOUR T1 - The Effect of COVID-19 Illness on Pregnant Patients With Rheumatic Disease: Early Reassuring Data JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol DO - 10.3899/jrheum.211050 SP - jrheum.211050 AU - Lisa R. Sammaritano Y1 - 2021/10/15 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2021/10/10/jrheum.211050.abstract N2 - As of September 20, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported 228,206,384 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), with over 4.5 million deaths worldwide.1 International responses by healthcare providers (HCPs), medical and pharmacologic researchers, and public health workers identified risk factors for serious illness and developed novel therapies and vaccines in real time, even as new variants emerge. ER -