Talk:Meningococcal disease

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What Are The Preventive Measures?

Preventive measures are now added to the article. Peter grotzinger (talk) 16:13, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please re-rate this page? Peter grotzinger (talk) 06:20, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This article is very badly written, especially the pathogenesis section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.104.14.226 (talk) 20:52, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Picture

Is the picture of the child really appropriate? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.127.237.147 (talk) 01:48, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  is giving you internet access really appropriate? what a c0ck jockey.

The parents have published many pictures, including this one, in their quest to encourage people to get their babies vaccinated against this disease. There is no reason to suspect a copyright violation, and although some readers may find a picture of a very sick child disturbing, Wikipedia is not censored. WhatamIdoing (talk) 04:27, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The picture is meant to inform, not to shock. How about we find a better picture unrelated to the symptoms and more related to the disease. MattWT (talk) 07:05, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How about this new picture?. Peter grotzinger (talk) 20:49, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

i think it is appropriate to have the picture of this child on wikipedia,as it is a good demonstration of the devestating effects of meningococcal disease,and will hopefully encourage vaccination for this terrible disease.please save the picture.24.97.164.250 (talk) 14:44, 6 January 2010 (UTC) While i understand why some of you might feel the picture is inappropriate,it illustrates how catastrophic meningicoccal disease can be,even for a previously healthy infant such as the one pictured.Thus,I do not support deleting the picture.Immunize (talk) 15:45, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]