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There have been quite a few outbreaks of meningococcal disease around the world over the last couple years. Several western countries have taken steps to immunize their entire populations as a result of increasing problems with this bacterium. The only reason I am aware of this at all is that I own quite a bit of stock in a biotech that produces good meningitis vaccines that has recently won a few contracts with various governments around the world for tens or hundreds of millions of doses with more countries considering similar contracts. Apparently it is becoming a serious problem these days, though fortunately it is fixable both with vaccines and antibiotics.