All your questions about the Delta variant and babies, answered
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Getty Images I gave birth to my son in July, just as the Delta variant was starting to freak people out. At first I wasn’t wildly concerned, at least for my immediate circle. I got vaccinated while I was pregnant, and so did just about everyone else I knew.
Does the Delta variant make young children sicker than other COVID strains? In short, no, says Emily Oster, an economist who studies health economics at Brown and is the author of the best-selling ParentData books. “There’s this narrative that Delta is really dangerous for kids, much more dangerous than previous variants. But that’s not true in the numbers,” she says. “There’s nothing in the data that would suggest that the rate of hospitalization for kids has gone up in any meaningful way.
What about babies, though? It’s true that very small babies are more at risk for most things germ-related, because their immune systems are so new and undeveloped. But they are also less likely to come in contact with germs, because they’re not walking around touching stuff. And once babies are a few months old, they become part of the lowest-risk group for contracting COVID, says Dr. Allison Messina, the chief of the Division of Infectious Disease at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.
It might sound scary that your baby will lose immunity after a few months. But remember that those early months are when babies have the weakest immune systems, so your antibodies will tide them over until they’re older and stronger, says Dr. Messina. Actually no, says Dr. Danielle Zerr, the chief of infectious disease and virology at Seattle Children’s Hospital. “If you put a barrier between your baby and other people — whether it’s a draped blanket or a carrier that has a windshield or cover — you’re keeping some large droplets off the baby and out of the air that the baby is breathing.” This isn’t as effective as a vaccine or a mask . But it’s not a total waste of effort either.
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