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.
Yes, I knew about the vaccine given to teenagers and college students, but I have not heard of one for infants, either. A few years ago, a 5-year-old boy had a sever case and lost his limbs and part of his face to the disease. I wonder why the vaccine isn’t given to younger kids?
A relative of mine had a friend, an adult, who had it, was not correctly diagnosed at the ER, and died. It is a horrible, scary disease.