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Lardner said students' chances of getting meningitis decreases steadily after their first year.
Although the meningitis vaccine is completely safe, it only immunizes recipients from four of the five strains of the disease. It offers no protection from the other strain, which causes about 30 percent of the cases on college campuses.
"You don't want to get a false sense of security," Lardner said.
The ACHA cites two CDC studies indicating increased risk of meningitis among first-year students living in dormitories, but many people believe the new policy was caused primarily by media pressure. This fall, ABC ran a profile on college meningitis cases in its newsmagazine "20/20" that some health professionals said...
Last fall, UHS distributed a brochure on meningitis to all dorms and Houses. The brochure includes information on the effectiveness of the vaccine and on what students should consider when deciding whether to be vaccinated.