The final comment on the story said that there is a vaccine, but the government has been arguing about the cost. Anybody know if that is true? Yes, socialized medicine is an abomination that causes untold misery. Poor little girl. What a way to start out in life.
There are vaccines for meningitis, I made sure my daughter had it before she went to college as that is a typical situation to contract this very, very bad disease.
But I’ve never heard of them being given to infants.
I think there may be different types of meningitis.
I’ve known 3 people who had it.
One is actually a friend of my kid. He got it when he was about 3 and it made him deaf. After reading this post I’m thinking he was very lucky.
And I knew 2 women who got it as adults. It was a close call with both of them, but they survived without any permanent damage.