Breastfeeding and COVID-19 Vaccines | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Breastfeeding and COVID-19 Vaccines | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: IF I AM BREASTFEEDING, CAN I ASSUME THAT MY BABY IS ALSO PROTECTED? RF: People who are nursing and are vaccinated should not assume that their babies are somehow as protected as if they were vaccinated directly.  RK: Breastfeeding individuals should err on the side of caution and assume their baby is just as susceptible to COVID as a baby whose mother wasn’t vaccinated or wasn’t breastfeeding. They should not assume that there’s protection.

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