Is the Status of Infection in a Mother's Blood Transferring to the Baby?

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One question was how a mother's immunity transfers to babies. Thiss if a mother is infected with a virus and goes through the course of the disease, the anti bodies in her blood to they transfer over to the foetus. And is the baby then protected? We have a little bit of data on that we still need to understand a little better. The levels that they found are lower than some other respirtory viruses, but perhaps that's sufficient, perhaps not.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been many open questions about how COVID-19 could impact pregnant people and their babies – confounded by a lack of data.

But now, studies are finally starting to provide some answers. While it does seem that pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of hospitalisation, babies appear to be spared from severe illness in most cases.

In this week’s Coronapod we talk about these findings, and the questions that remain – including whether vaccines are safe to give to pregnant people.

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