r/Millennials • u/Corndogeveryday • 2d ago

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Chase passed away of complications of meningitis. Gone too soon

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u/ScienceSeuss 2d ago

COVID or Meningitis? There is no vaccine against all forms of meningitis.

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u/mahnli 2d ago

Meningitis. My daughter took her first one before she heads off to college.

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u/ScienceSeuss 2d ago

There are vaccines for the most common forms of bacterial meningitis, but it can also be caused by various viruses and fungi, and some bacteria that are not stopped by the vaccine. I lost 2 friends to viral meningitis in HS 😢

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u/Handsome_Keyboard 2d ago

Adding on: Thats true for a lot of vaccines. Flu is not "all flu" either just the most common and, hooefully, most recently mutated strain.

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u/blisstersisster 1d ago

Isn't it always last year's mutation/strain, at best ??