The nonprofit Meningitis Foundation of America wants everyone to know the vaccine is available, said spokeswoman Carla Newby. It's a wicked, very vicious disease. I would love to see mandatory vaccinations. But I don't think insurance companies cover it on a routine basis. Milley wants more doctors to stock the vaccine in their offices.
Some doctors worry that they'll be stuck with it since it only has a shelf life of three months.
But they can order it and have it in two or three days. Still, we hear from people who go to their doctors and are told they don't need it and can't have it. She believes that once mothers are educated, they will see the wisdom of vaccinating their children at their own expense. A, page 8 Sunday, October 14th.