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Is it possible to contract menegitis even after having the vaccine?
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No and Yes: The vaccination your referring to is the Meningococcal vaccine which protects you against bacterial meningitis. This vaccine will only prophylaxis against bacterial and not viral meningitis. You can get viral meningitis and any point and many different viruses can cause the symptoms.
Answered 6/28/2014
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Yes: Meningitis can be caused by a large collection of different germs. We do not have vaccines for all of them, nor are the available vaccines 100% effective in protecting you from the germ they try to prevent. They are the best we have and help most people.
Answered 5/19/2017
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