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>> HIB VACCINE WAS FIRST USED IN THE LATE 1980S.
AT THAT TIME THE HIB BACTERIA WAS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE
OF MENINGITIS IN THIS COUNTRY.
DURING MY TRAINING, I SAW CHILDREN COME INTO THE HOSPITAL
EVERY WEEK WITH MENINGITIS CAUSED BY HIB.
SOME OF THESE CHILDREN WERE LEFT BLIND, DEAF,
OR LEARNING DISABLED.
BECAUSE HIB AND PNEUMOCOCCAL BACTERIA ARE VERY SIMILAR,
THE HIB VACCINE IS MADE IN THE EXACT SAME WAY
AS THE PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE.
NOW, BECAUSE OF THE HIB VACCINE, WE NO LONGER HAVE TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF CASES OF HIB EVERY YEAR.
YOUNG DOCTORS IN TRAINING DON'T HAVE TO SEE WHAT I SAW.