Why Vaccines Didn’t Work For Half the Teens Born With HIV

Childhood vaccines were ineffective for 50% of HIV+ kids born in the 90’s- reason why India tops the measles deaths?

• Study done by CDC Atlanta found that more than 50% of children born HIV+ in the 90s are not protected against any childhood disease
• Reason: Vaccines don’t work if the immune system is compromised.
• In the 90s, antiretroviral therapies for HIV were not widespread
• Is this the reason why India tops the global measles deaths and rubella still infects nearly half the school going rural kids?

All those shriek-inducing pokes are to protect your child against diseases like measles and mumps starting from infancy. But vaccines can’t work, if the body is not able to produce the proper immune response.

A new study done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
in the US, has found that despite getting all their shots, more than half the young adults who were born HIV positive in the 90s, are not protected against any childhood diseases, like polio, diptheria, measles and mumps.