Pregnant women may develop resistance to COVID-19 vaccines, a new study has found. The study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, found that women who were pregnant at the time of vaccination had lower levels of antibodies against the virus than women who were not pregnant. The researchers believe that this may be due to the fact that the immune system is suppressed during pregnancy..
The study included over 1,000 women who were vaccinated against COVID-19. Of these women, 314 were pregnant at the time of vaccination. The researchers found that the pregnant women had significantly lower levels of antibodies against the virus than the non-pregnant women. This difference was even more pronounced in women who were vaccinated in the third trimester of pregnancy..
The researchers believe that the lower levels of antibodies in pregnant women may be due to the fact that the immune system is suppressed during pregnancy. This suppression is necessary to prevent the mother’s body from rejecting the fetus. However, it may also make pregnant women more susceptible to infection..
The researchers say that their findings do not mean that pregnant women should not get vaccinated against COVID-19. However, they do suggest that pregnant women may need to get booster shots more frequently than non-pregnant women..
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