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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • Reading the article might help:

    Although young people in the UK are offered a meningitis vaccination that protects against certain strains of the disease, since 2015 only infants have been vaccinated against MenB, which is one of the most common causes of meningitis among teenagers and young adults, said Nutt.

    Paul Hunter, professor in medicine at the University of East Anglia, England, said that while some countries offer a MenB booster vaccine to adolescents, the results of cost-benefit studies mean that UK officials decided not to do so.

    The UK decided not to give boosters to teenagers despite knowing the risk to young adults who attend universities. This is a systemic failing on behalf of the government, not the fault of those who got infected and died.


  • Here is the official diagnostic criteria:

    Disregard for and violation of others rights since age 15, as indicated by one of the seven sub features:

    1. Failure to obey laws and norms by engaging in behavior which results in criminal arrest, or would warrant criminal arrest

    2. Lying, deception, and manipulation, for profit or self-amusement,

    3. Impulsive behavior

    4. Irritability and aggression, manifested as frequently assaults others, or engages in fighting

    5. Blatantly disregards safety of self and others,

    6. A pattern of irresponsibility and

    1. Lack of remorse for actions (American Psychiatric Association, 2013)

    How is this “not really bad on its own?”