A vaccination is the first step toward returning to a routine. The COVID vaccine helps provide the best defense for kids older than six months old and is safe and effective. Everyone who lives in the United States has access to free vaccines that are widely available. Visit vaccines.gov to locate a vaccine near you.
One of the most crucial things you can take to safeguard your unborn child and yourself from dangerous illness is to receive the Covid vaccine or booster dose during pregnancy. This is due to a few factors: There is no current proposal to develop a vaccine for children under the age of six months, even though pregnancy is regarded as a high-risk state for Covid infection. (Furthermore, at the time this article was written, the vaccination authorization for children aged 6 months to 4 years old.
No matter when it is given, the Covid vaccine during pregnancy can provide protection for both the mother and the unborn child. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) both emphasize the importance of immunization for pregnant women as soon as possible, or immediately away.
Just 67% of pregnant people in the U.S. have received the mRNA vaccinations, despite research showing that they are both safe and efficacious for this population.
But more data on when the placenta transmits vaccine-provided antibody protection to the developing fetus most effectively may come from new studiesA recent study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed that vaccination with two doses of an mRNA vaccine during pregnancy resulted in antibody levels in infants that lasted until they were 6 months old at much higher rates than in babies born to unvaccinated, Covid-infected mothers.
The study, from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), looked at women who were either vaccinated with two doses of an mRNA vaccine or infected with the virus between week 20 to 32 of pregnancy.
They found that antibody levels (titers) were higher in the cord blood of vaccinated mothers at delivery. At 2 months of age, 98% of the infants born had detectable IgG antibody levels in their blood. At 6 months, 57% of the infants still had detectable levels of IgG, as compared with just 8% of infants born to unvaccinated, infected mothers.
