“As far as we know, this was the first time in the world that a baby was born with antibodies after vaccination,” said pediatrician Paul Gilbert.
According to doctors, a local frontline worker was 36 weeks pregnant when she received the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
The girl was born three weeks later, in late January, and a blood sample was collected.
“We tested the baby’s umbilical cord blood, or the baby’s blood, to see if the mother’s antibodies passed to the baby, which is something we see happening with other vaccines given during pregnancy,” said Dr. Gilbert.
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The results showed that the baby had COVID-19 antibodies.
Dr. Chad Rudnick said this is significant in the fight to protect children from COVID.
“This is a small case in which there will be thousands upon thousands of babies born to mothers who have been vaccinated in the coming months,” said the pediatrician.
But the study published by local pediatricians said there are some factors that indicate that babies born to vaccinated mothers will remain at risk of infection.
“Additional studies need to determine how long this protection will last. They have to determine at what level of protection or how many antibodies a baby needs to be circulating in order to give them protection, ”said Dr. Rudnick.
Doctors say their article has also been accepted for publication and that they are just waiting for the magazine to post it on their website.
Scientists are still learning how the vaccine interacts with pregnant women.
Some pharmaceutical companies have started to include pregnant women in their vaccine studies.
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