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USA Today (February 15, 2022) – Babies younger than 6 months old wouldn’t be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine even if the shots now under consideration for younger children were authorized.
A new study indicates most of the infants wouldn’t need them to avoid severe disease as long as the mother got the vaccine during pregnancy.
The research, released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provides the first real-world data showing antibodies from the vaccinated mother carried through the placenta may protect the baby from the worst effects of COVID-19.