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No, but that doesn't surprise me. So if daycare is inevitable, the child needs to go in "armed" with antibodies (including from the mother during pregnancy). Sh

No, but that doesn't surprise me. So if daycare is inevitable, the child needs to go in "armed" with antibodies (including from the mother during pregnancy). Should pregnant women isolate? Does not seem like it. Our family dog probably does a good job diversifying antibodies as well (I think there are studies showing the immunity advantages certain pets provide).

chinathrow 4y ago
> No, but that doesn't surprise me. So if daycare is inevitable, the child needs to go in "armed" with antibodies (including from the mother during pregnancy). Not sure how this works. Where to you get "armed" with antibodies if not from a vaccination (unavailable for some viruses) or prior infection? Antibodies from the mother vane over time as far as I recall.
- carlivar 4y ago
  From the article here: "And babies born during the pandemic may have entered the world with few antibodies passed on by their mothers in the womb, because those mothers may have been sheltered from RSV and other respiratory pathogens during their pregnancies, said Hubert Niesters, a professor of clinical virology and molecular diagnostics at the University Medical Center, in Groningen, the Netherlands."
  - graeme 4y ago
    Those antibodies are transient. Baby doesn’t produce them itself, they just protect it while nursing. Nursing ends well before preschool
    - carlivar 4y ago
      Daycare does not end before nursing. And I'm not so sure about preschool either... perhaps you haven't lived in some, er, "crunchier" areas.
      - graeme 4y ago
        I was incorrect, it isn’t through nursing. The antibodies last about a year https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/childrens-health/how-long-do-babies-carry-their-mothers-immunity/ https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/childrens-health/...
- treis 4y ago
  There's also a bit of herd immunity for the new kids. Kids that have lots of prior exposure to a virus are less likely to bring it to daycare if they're exposed outside daycare. Also less likely to be a link in the infection chain for intra daycare spread.
chiefalchemist 4y ago
Pets. More family members. Even natural birth shows gut / immune positives over C Section.

chinathrow 4y ago

> No, but that doesn't surprise me. So if daycare is inevitable, the child needs to go in "armed" with antibodies (including from the mother during pregnancy). Not sure how this works. Where to you get "armed" with antibodies if not from a vaccination (unavailable for some viruses) or prior infection? Antibodies from the mother vane over time as far as I recall.

carlivar 4y ago
From the article here: "And babies born during the pandemic may have entered the world with few antibodies passed on by their mothers in the womb, because those mothers may have been sheltered from RSV and other respiratory pathogens during their pregnancies, said Hubert Niesters, a professor of clinical virology and molecular diagnostics at the University Medical Center, in Groningen, the Netherlands."
- graeme 4y ago
  Those antibodies are transient. Baby doesn’t produce them itself, they just protect it while nursing. Nursing ends well before preschool
  - carlivar 4y ago
    Daycare does not end before nursing. And I'm not so sure about preschool either... perhaps you haven't lived in some, er, "crunchier" areas.
    - graeme 4y ago
      I was incorrect, it isn’t through nursing. The antibodies last about a year https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/childrens-health/how-long-do-babies-carry-their-mothers-immunity/ https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/childrens-health/...
treis 4y ago
There's also a bit of herd immunity for the new kids. Kids that have lots of prior exposure to a virus are less likely to bring it to daycare if they're exposed outside daycare. Also less likely to be a link in the infection chain for intra daycare spread.

chiefalchemist 4y ago

Pets. More family members. Even natural birth shows gut / immune positives over C Section.