Two pediatricians from Palm Beach County, Florida, released the news that, for the first time, a baby was born with COVID-19 antibodies from a vaccinated mother.
A report from the WPBF25 News, said Dr. Paul Gilbert and Dr. Chad Rudnick announced the unprecedented birth of a “vigorous and healthy” girl.
The ABC News affiliate quoted Gilbert, who said: “As far as we know, this was the first time in the world that a baby was born with antibodies after vaccination.”
A local frontline health professional received the first dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine when she was 36 weeks pregnant, according to doctors, and a blood sample was collected at the girl’s birth three weeks later, at the end of January.
Gilbert said: “We tested the baby’s umbilical cord to see if the mother’s antibodies passed to the baby, which is something, we see it happening with other vaccines given during pregnancy.”
The test results revealed that the baby had COVID-19 antibodies. According to Rudnick, in the fight to protect children from COVID-19, “this is significant”.
“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 Rudnick, as reported by the media.
Will newborns of vaccinated mothers remain at risk of infection?
In the article on the findings, which doctors Gilbert and Rudnick published in medRxiv, “there are some factors that indicate that newborns of vaccinated mothers will remain at risk of infection.”
Rudnick said, “Further studies have 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 to give them protection. “
Gilbert and Rudnick told the WPBF that their article was accepted for publication and that they are now awaiting publication on the magazine’s website.
Gilbert told the news agency that “some large pharmaceutical companies are beginning to include pregnant women” in their ongoing vaccine studies, “so that they can learn more”.
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