let your child die by starvation or by AIDs

I was listening to a new report on the research of HIV vaccinations

for those who do not know, HIV is not AIDs, HIV is an infection that can cause AIDS
(i didn't know this before)

anyways they listed out the most common ways that people are contracting the HIV virus
1) unprotected sex
2) sharing unclean needles for drugies
3) breast milk


so what do you do for your infant?
oh just use formula
. . . .
but not everyone in the world has the money to waste on formula, or just even access to the stuff

a representative from South Africa spoke and said that
the highest cause of infant fatalities in their country is because of AIDS (which if it was not caused through child birth, than often through feeding them breast milk)
what do mothers do?
Do they allow their babies not to drink their milk?
But they dont have any other nutritional foods to feed their new borns.
"So for them(mothers) they have to decide, do they risk passing HIV(AIDS) to their new borns, or let them die by more horrible causes(starvation)."
oh her comment that starvation is a more horrible causes is her own personal opinion, although something i might agree with

 

o wow thats a reallly interesting topic, really dont have an answer for this one

 

cool...did really know that before...i think if their really in the really really poor countrys, they should just feed them...cuz they might not get AIDS right?...but if they dont feed them, they'll starve for sure...

 

Both ways of dying are horrible. Dont think that there's a choice better than the other one. If i knew i couldnt afford to feed the child or that i have aids, i wouldnt have a kid in the first place.

 

exactly. dun give birth in the first place. but sometimes its not their choice..

anyway.. i will choose (c)find other food sources. but if really really none.. then feed.

 

If I have no other choice of feeding, I would rather feed my child even though he/she may get aids.

 

its a natural instinct for a parent to feed their child, so most would feed. what a dilemma..

 

True that, i feel bad for the kids and the women when they dont have a choice because of men's bestiality actions -shoot

 

Find someone else to breast feed my child.

 

damn that is a messed up decision to make i guess...... both of them is dying slowly so its really hard to choose......gosh .......i wouldnt know what to pick to be honest

 

i rather feed my child with anything than let her die of AIDs. it's just so cruel to see my child getting skinnier everyday and dies of starvation.

 

can't you just mush up the food to a liquid and feed the kid?

 

New born cannot absorb that type of food until at least one yr old.

 

i think i would do the same as 無得頂
coz i think the baby was already born
but if i have an option, i prefer not to hav a kid in the first place.

 

would breast feeding risk the chance of the child getting aids, but not like if you breast feed they will for sure get aids? don't you have to have aids in the first place before spreading it?

 

^ Breastfeeding definitely increases the rate of contracting HIV. Btw, the OP question was: "So for them(mothers) they have to decide, do they risk passing HIV(AIDS) to their new borns, or let them die by more horrible causes(starvation)."

 

if i was in that situation i wouldn't even b having babies...~~

 

^ But sometimes its not even the choice of the women. They get raped by men and end up being pregnant. -unsure

 

in africa... most of them r just making babies coz they want them to grow up so they can work n bring income... *sigh* but if u can even feed urself how do u expect to feed a child for the next 10 yrs at least...

 

The thing is with these reports big rich countries like America and UK wont act on such things. The only help they might be able to seek would be from mini charities but even with these aids people still suffer. I must say the parents should feed the child cos the child has the right to live as long as he can no matter what so he should not be starved to death.