A Tale of Two Sides: A Novel On Vaccines and Disease
A Tale of Two Sides: A Novel On Vaccines and Disease
John Phillip Ryan
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Author's Corner: Chapter 37 Discussion
12 minutes Posted Feb 26, 2021 at 3:00 am.
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Should colleges mandate meningococcal vaccine? After all, this form of meningitis can be deadly. But does this vaccine even stop the spread of this disease (which it would need to in order to justify a mandate)? How can this infection be identified early so that life-saving treatment can begin? And why did almost half of the experts who evaluated this vaccine at the CDC vote AGAINST adding a second dose, but a second dose was added to the schedule anyway? 

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