Bacterial or viral? I’m assuming the former if they’re readying antibiotics to be sent out, but still.
Meningitis vaccine is routinely offered to students up to the ages of 25 at their GPs (ACWY), that’s on top of the ones you can get as a child (such as MenB, the 6-in-1, etc).
I know this could also be caused by a strain not covered by the vaccine, or it could be bacterial (which tends to be a lot worse than the viral one).
But you never see outbreaks happen as a result. Makes me wonder if this has an underlying cause
I don’t normally get alarmed by stuff like this but I saw this on BBC a little while ago and it really does feel a bit scary.
An international student on my course died just before the Christmas break after catching meningitis. We were in 2nd year at the time. The vaccinations are really important.
Please get your Men ACWY vaccine if you’re in university halls.
Ex lecturer here. That is awful. Just terrible. Im so sorry.
Reminder to check with your GP to see if you have had the MenACWY vaccine.
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Bacterial or viral? I’m assuming the former if they’re readying antibiotics to be sent out, but still.
Meningitis vaccine is routinely offered to students up to the ages of 25 at their GPs (ACWY), that’s on top of the ones you can get as a child (such as MenB, the 6-in-1, etc).
I know this could also be caused by a strain not covered by the vaccine, or it could be bacterial (which tends to be a lot worse than the viral one).
But you never see outbreaks happen as a result. Makes me wonder if this has an underlying cause
I don’t normally get alarmed by stuff like this but I saw this on BBC a little while ago and it really does feel a bit scary.
An international student on my course died just before the Christmas break after catching meningitis. We were in 2nd year at the time. The vaccinations are really important.
Please get your Men ACWY vaccine if you’re in university halls.
Ex lecturer here. That is awful. Just terrible. Im so sorry.
Reminder to check with your GP to see if you have had the MenACWY vaccine.