Crisis averted in Chicago.Chicagoans have praised the city for its handling of a bacterial meningitis bacterial meningitis Acute bacterial meningitis Neurology Meningeal inflammation caused by bacteria which, if untreated, is often fatal, or associated with significant sequelae Epidemiology 60% are community-acquired–CM, 40% nosocomial–NM Predisposing outbreak among its gay residents in October. City officials quickly set up emergency clinics, distributed fliers and fact sheets, and vaccinated 14,267 people in eight days. The city's action limited the casualties of the crisis to three gay men dead and three seriously ill A patient is seriously ill when his or her illness is of such severity that there is cause for immediate concern but there is no imminent danger to life. See also very seriously ill. . "The city moved so quickly and so smoothly because it just put into effect the plans it made for fighting bioterrorism," said Bill Greaves greaves cracklings, an edible raw fat from the meat trade. The skimmings from the preparation of this fat are also called greaves. They represent a low grade of meat meal. , the gay liaison to Mayor Richard M. Daley Richard Michael Daley (born April 24, 1942) is a United States politician, member of the national and local Democratic Party and current mayor of Chicago, Illinois. He was elected mayor in 1989 and reelected in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. . Greaves discounted a rumor that the outbreak originated with a popular gay bartender who liked to kiss patrons and then died of the disease. With meningitis outbreaks, he said, there is no "patient zero." |
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