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mnhtnbb

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5. We had neighbors in Lincoln, NE

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri May 30, 2025, 07:09 AM

May 30

who lost a son about the same age to meningitis in the early '90's. The parents had been out of town on a trip when they got the call the boy was very ill. They rushed home and he was gone within hours. It happened before we moved there, and we heard the story after we'd moved in.

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8-year-old boy contracts H flu and dies within 20 hours. 'Nothing they could do' [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 30 OP

Poor little guy & his poor parents SheltieLover May 30 #1

Because we all got the HIB vaccine... JT45242 May 30 #6

Very sad gademocrat7 May 30 #2

Saddened beyond words... GiqueCee May 30 #3

I'm so sorry. Scrivener7 May 30 #4

Thank you GiqueCee May 30 #9

I'm so sorry Danmel May 30 #7

Thank you GiqueCee May 30 #10

We had neighbors in Lincoln, NE mnhtnbb May 30 #5

Unfortunately tragic stories like this will not convince the anti-vaccers to get their shorts. Fla Dem May 30 #8

What a horrible thing to happen to a young innocent and his family, and words are never going to fix this. BobTheSubgenius May 31 #11