Two Gay Males Health officials are blanketing Toronto's gay scene with meningitis alerts after two men who frequented gay bathhouses and bars died of the disease last week.
Meningococcal meningitis is spread via saliva and nose and throat secretions.
It can be transmitted by kissing and by sharing silverware, drinking glasses or anything else that comes in contact with the mouth, such as a cigarette. Symptoms of infection include fever, headache, vomiting, stiff neck, rash, drowsiness, confusion, convulsions and seizures. If you were at a Toronto bathhouse or nightclub and you had saliva contact, you need to see a physician. The men's identities were not released but one was known to be a regular customer at the gay bar Woody's. Anti-Gay Muslim Clergy Upset the Dutch Muslim clerics in The Netherlands may face criminal prosecution for saying hateful things about gays.