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Noting that the vaccine may not have prevented cases of meningitis that caused deaths at colleges this year, Rosenthal said individuals should decide on their own whether to get the meningitis vaccine.
"From what I know about the meningococcal vaccine, I am leaving it up to an individual choice," Rosenthal said. "It depends on how people feel about their own health needs."
Lardner said the ACHA and CDC statements forced UMass to substantially change their meningitis vaccination policy. Previously, UMass rarely recommended the vaccine, despite the previous cases at the university.
"[The vaccine] was only recommended to students going to sub-Saharan Africa," Lardner said.
Lardner said that before the most recent meningitis case on campus, which coincided with the ACHA's recommendation, virtually no one asked for the vaccine.