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Originally Posted by soma
meningitis can really f$&* you up.
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It can also kill you...
that'd be a bad thing...
Columbia University's health site, which i think does a pretty good job answering questions -- has an indepth analysis of the question - including links from the CDC's site...
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/1582.html
The answer is pretty much, yes, it doesnt hurt you and it should only help you... though it's not always 100 percent effective..
From a UK medical site, it looks like the suggest the meningitis shot for young children..
http://www.medinfo.co.uk/immunisations/meningitisc.html
and the side effects are pretty easy"
The commonest side effects are:
redness and swelling at the site of the injection
mild fever
irritability
headaches