1/ UK health authorities are not "playing it safe" by not making COVID-19 vaccination available to breastfeeding women. Their policy will decrease breastfeeding which will increase infant morbidity to infection and rates of child abuse. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/20/breastfeeding-mothers-will-not-be-offered-covid-vaccine-say-regulators?fbclid=IwAR1R_2_7kpK-JanMUeySighM0FIIqUI48lAnuJKAH0dw-iVO0gwuGVAjwxY
Breastfeeding mothers will not be offered Covid vaccine, say regulators

Campaigners claim women face ‘impossible’ choice between feeding their child naturally or being inoculated against Covid-19

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/20/breastfeeding-mothers-will-not-be-offered-covid-vaccine-say-regulators?fbclid=IwAR1R_2_7kpK-JanMUeySighM0FIIqUI48lAnuJKAH0dw-iVO0gwuGVAjwxY
2/ We have been here before. Lessons of the past should be learnt. The cost of reduced breastfeeding in terms of infant health and wellbeing as women wean in order to be vaccinated to protect themselves and as a condition of employment will be significant. …https://internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13006-020-00306-8
Mistakes from the HIV pandemic should inform the COVID-19 response for maternal and newborn care

In an effort to prevent infants being infected with SARS-CoV-2, some governments, professional organisations, and health facilities are instituting policies that isolate newborns from their mothers...

https://internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13006-020-00306-8
3/ As described here, 1/3 of infant hospitalisations in the UK are a result of infants breastfeeding <3 mths and ceasing breastfeeding before 4 months increases risk of neglect by 3.8x. Policy of no COVID-19 vaccination for breastfeeding women is reckless! https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0890334420949514
Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response for Breastfeeding, Maternal Caregiving Capacity and...

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0890334420949514
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