Vaccines do not pass into breast milk. On the other hand, antibodies make and temporarily protect the respiratory tract of newborns.
Covid vaccines are not given in breast milk; vaccine-stimulated antibodies, yes, and this is great news for newborns, vulnerable to Covid as well as other infections.
A popular article published in Nature reports the results of several recent studies on this topic, to provide answers to women who are breastfeeding while waiting for anti-covid vaccines.
According to the National and International Scientific Societies of the neonatology and pediatrics sector, vaccines against Covid should be offered without hesitation to breastfeeding women who are in any other aspect vaccinable.
It is not advisable to discontinue breastfeeding or propose a choice between breastfeeding and vaccination, also because antibodies produced by the mother are transmitted to the newborn through breast milk. (FOCUS)
