A new study shows that with boosters you can pass some protection on to your infant.
, tracked 9,739 babies of moms who received a second or third shot while pregnant and 11,904 babies of expectant moms who did not. The four-month study found that the risk of a positive PCR test was 71% lower during the Delta spike and 33% lower during the Omicron spike for the babies whose moms got the jab.
While all of the babies were in Norway, researchers believe the study’s findings will hold up elsewhere, especially since a U.S. study had similar findings. "We believe our study results are generalizable to other pregnant populations,” the study states. “This assumption is strengthened by the fact that the findings align with the results from the US study examining maternal COVID-19 vaccination and risk of infant hospitalization for COVID-19.
It’s also worth noting that the rate of COVID-19 infections in the infants was rare overall — as was the rate of hospitalization — which was 0.07 percent in both groups. This news means that parents can help bridge the gap between when their baby is born and when their baby can receive vaccination outside the womb — a possibility that is
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