But as yet, there’s not much data on how much COVID protection is actually being absorbed by babies that’s the next round of research. More recent research (still in preprint) also shows that T-cells in breast milk change after mRNA vaccination, which could mean additional immunity, aka even more good news. Multiple studies have shown that COVID antibodies are present in the breast milk of vaccinated mothers, which is good news. The science is inconclusive on exactly what kind of COVID protection extended breastfeeding provides.
“ acted as a de facto paid leave for people who had an intention to breastfeed,” said Aunchalee Palmquist, a UNC medical anthropologist who worked on the survey.
Many cited the immunological protection afforded by mother’s milk as the reason, along with the ease that working at home brought to breastfeeding. That sample, which was disproportionally white and upper-middle-class, showed that more than 30 percent wanted to extend breastfeeding until the end of the pandemic, and a high proportion were able to do it during the early lockdowns. Louis, Johns Hopkins, and the University of North Carolina looked at how the pandemic was affecting breastfeeding decisions. (Not to mention that it might increase the potential for guilt and shame experienced by parents who, for any number of excellent reasons, formula-feed.) One not-yet-published survey conducted from March to June of 2020 and shared with me by a group of researchers at Washington University in St. Some researchers’ preliminary data about breastfeeding during the pandemic indicates that extended lactation among this set could be a real trend-one that might have lasting consequences for gender norms and class disparities. (Pfizer has said it expects to submit an application for its under-5 vaccines in “the first half” of 2022.) He can’t get vaxxed.” She’s planning, at this point, to keep feeding until around the time he turns 2 in June 2022, which she’s hoping will coincide with him being able to get his own vaccine. But, she says, “This is the one defense he has at this point.
Zanak learned the science wasn’t yet conclusive on whether her son was getting much protection. Zanak did a little research into whether her son might get COVID protection, too, from her milk once she got the vaccine. She knew that one of the benefits of breastfeeding is that-at least early on in a baby’s life-the child is able to acquire some “passive” immunity to diseases from its mom, via an antibody substance present in the mother’s milk. When her son was 9 or 10 months old, around the time she’d imagined beginning the process of weaning him, she was able to finally get the COVID-19 vaccine.
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