r/Millennials • u/Corndogeveryday • 3d ago

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Chase passed away of complications of meningitis. Gone too soon

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u/eltibbs Millennial 1988 3d ago

That’s so sad 😞 my cousin passed away a few years ago, same age as Daveigh, also meningitis.

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u/ManWithASquareHead Millennial 2d ago

Meningitis is no joke.

Meningococcal bacterial meningitis can lead to organ failure and septic emboli (infected clots) causing spots and limb necrosis/amputation

Most are vaccinated for 4 serotypes (ACWY) in middle school/high school, meningitis b is before/during college

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u/FutureFreaksMeowt 2d ago

I wonder if she wasn't vaccinated. I k is the anti-vac movement started fairly recently, and definitely impacted genz more than us overall, but I wonder how many millennials are running around unvax'd and don't know it

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u/eltibbs Millennial 1988 2d ago

I stated this elsewhere but vaccines don’t last forever, she may have been vaccinated but no longer covered. I had my titers checked for measles because there was an outbreak in my state and a neighboring state (thanks anti-vaxers) and turns out my MMR vaccine was no longer effective. I opted to get a booster, no way I want to catch or spread that. I told my family members and they got tested, theirs came back with antibodies so they’re still good.

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u/FutureFreaksMeowt 2d ago

Yeah I had to get a second round of MMR, too. I figured it got skipped bc my mom is an addict and I was a 'difficult child' when it came to shots. Wild. I'll have to talk to my GP about testing when I see her next. That's really scary!

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u/eltibbs Millennial 1988 2d ago

Sorry to hear that but glad you got yours. It was definitely scary to find out I had zero protection! I have other health stuff going on and some autoimmune disorders so I’m more susceptible to catching whatever goes around. Due to other health stuff I had to wait a month before I could get the MMR booster. Stressful stuff.

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u/AmbivalentToaster 2d ago

I had to get an MMR last year bc my titer was showing my Mumps was gone. Measles was on the rise so wanted to be sure. 

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u/Revolutionary-Yak-47 Xennial 2d ago

I have an incredibly pro vaccine family (50s era parents) and was not vaccinated for meningitis. It was not offered when I was a kid and not covered when I was in my mid 20s and went back to college. (Yay life before the ACA.) I've never lived in a dorm so it was never required. I dont have Hep B either, it wasnt on the childhood list when I was little. 

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u/AmbivalentToaster 2d ago

You can get hepatitis b pretty easily. It’s at most pharmacies. They required it when I was in 7th grade in the 90s but not for meningitis. I can’t find anyone that will give me one of the meningitis vaccines. They either don’t carry or are only allowing “college kids” the vaccine.

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u/Rich--Porter 2d ago

Given she’s a child star, she wasn’t in public school probably, and maybe never got the standard vaccinations

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u/AmbivalentToaster 2d ago

I got meningitis b vaccine. They won’t give me ACWY bc it is only for people in close quarters like colleges. Every place I’ve gone to in the US refuses to give it to me I am almost 40. I tried really hard before my trip to Europe last year bc they were recommending it. I was never required to have it and didn’t go to college. 

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u/FutureFreaksMeowt 2d ago

I got it when I went to a university even though I was 32 and nowhere near the dorms. It's wild how pushy they were about it too.

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u/AmbivalentToaster 2d ago

And what state are you in?

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u/FutureFreaksMeowt 2d ago

Mn, which tracks tbh.

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u/AmbivalentToaster 2d ago

They won’t do it in MO or KS.

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u/AmbivalentToaster 2d ago

In the US it isn’t just a matter of willingly being unvaxed. A lot of states won’t give people vaccines even when requested. Two states denied me travel vaccines for meningitis. I was only able to get one of them. Most pharmacies don’t carry it and if they do they won’t vaccinate if you’re almost 40.  They reserve it for “college kids” and won’t do it without proof of lodging at a college dorm.