Dr. Neil Silverman highlights the vulnerability of unvaccinated infants to COVID-19, outlining how maternal vaccination is crucial for protecting newborns during their first six months.
The report emphasizes that nearly 90% of hospitalized babies had mothers who were not vaccinated during pregnancy, which raises serious concerns about the ongoing effects of vaccine misinformation.
Despite the evidence supporting the benefits of maternal vaccination, many pregnant patients remain hesitant, driven by persistent vaccine misinformation that continues to circulate online.
Of the COVID-19 hospitalized infants studied, around 1 in 5 required intensive care, yet many were otherwise healthy full-term newborns who got COVID.
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