Meningitis and the "Odds"
April 7, 2008 16:33

One question that is commonly asked about meningitis is how serious it is. The answer depends on how you look at the actual figures. Every year 3,000 people contract spinal meningitis and 300 people (10%) suffer a fatality from it. Now, some may say 3,000 people contracting the condition are minute in comparison to the population figures in the United States but this is faulty logic. That is, one is too many as anyone who must deal with spinal meningitis will tell you. And a 1 in 10 chance of dying from the condition makes it an extremely serious condition. So, to downplay the severity of this condition is both intellectually dishonest as well as dangerous.