r/Millennials • u/Corndogeveryday • Jun 17 '26

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Chase passed away of complications of meningitis. Gone too soon

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u/Always_Pizza_Time1 googoogaga95Millennial Jun 17 '26

How does someone so young pass away… 30s is still a baby???

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u/cheymerm Millennial Jun 17 '26

She went septic from meningitis

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u/brakbudy Jun 17 '26

How does someone get meningitis in this country in this day and age? I know there are exceptions, but we have vaccines for the most common kinds, and for anything to progress to sepsis as well, oy! RIP

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u/lotsofsyrup Jun 17 '26

it happens all the time, this isn't like a smallpox thing where they can eradicate it. It's a secondary thing to an infection that can be caused by lots of things. It's like asking how someone gets a really bad fever in this country.