[Perdogg]

What’s even sadder is that you can get vaccinated against it. Parents should know this.

[gracesdad]

“What’s even sadder is that you can get vaccinated against it. Parents should know this.”

I’m pretty certain there’s no vaccine for bacterial meningitis. There is for the viral type.

[Tax-chick]

There are two types of bacterial meningitis vaccine (see the link).

Both vaccines:
Protect more than 90 percent of those who get the vaccine.
Prevent 4 types of meningococcal disease, including 2 of the 3 types most common in the United States and a type that causes epidemics in Africa.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/meningitis_vaccine.htm