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As of mid-August, about 700 incoming first-years have already received the vaccine.
Before Timothy Lyons ’04 came to Harvard, his physician said the meningitis vaccine was “unnecessary.” But senior year, Lyons came down with a case of the highly contagious bacterial meningococcal meningitis and the doctor changed his mind.
A state law passed July 30 makes the vaccine mandatory for all incoming first-years, effective 2005.
Students who don’t want the vaccine will have to sign a waiver saying so.
“Even one case of bacterial meningitis is too many when there is a vaccine available to prevent this deadly disease,” said State Representative Joseph F. Wagner, the original sponsor of the bill.