When kids receive immunizations against measles, they don’t suffer from measles. It’s now thought that when a community immunizes its kids from measles, it also affords them protection for other infections. It was previously thought that this effect was a result of the access to health care implied by immunizations, but it’s now theorized that the devastating effect of measles on a community makes kids more vulnerable to other infections. Making kids immune from measles improves their immunity to other infections.

Key Takeaways:

• Princeton University researchers claim a measles vaccine is effective against other infections in children.
• Wiping out the immune system’s memory is one of the key factors of effectiveness in the measles vaccine.
• Vaccination in children is unfortunately linked to the ones that can afford the best healthcare, leaving other children behind.

“Experts have known for a long time that childhood deaths in general decline after measles vaccines become widely available in a country.”

Read more: https://blogs.babycenter.com/parenting/measles-vaccine-may-prevent-infections/