🇮🇱 48,868 babies followed for first 120 days of life. Does being born after a #CovidVaccine booster in #pregnancy protect against hospitalisation for COVID?
👉🏻 Yes! With 53% effectiveness compared to two doses only.
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nature.com/articles/s4159…
👉🏻 Yes! With 53% effectiveness compared to two doses only.
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nature.com/articles/s4159…
Other important findings…
👉🏻 Protection is greater when the booster dose is given later in pregnancy
👉🏻 Protection wanes as babies get older, with no significant protection after 90 days, in this study.
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👉🏻 Protection is greater when the booster dose is given later in pregnancy
👉🏻 Protection wanes as babies get older, with no significant protection after 90 days, in this study.
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A lot of parents and paediatricians have been in touch with me recently querying the policy of offering a booster as early as possible. Wouldn’t it be better to delay and maximise protection for babies? The authors have something to say here… 3/
The answer depends on the trade off between protection during pregnancy and protection of babies after they are born, and this may change as we move into an era where most people have been vaccinated and/or infected already. More to follow… 4/4
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