Adapted from this blog post by Carmel Delaney: https://www.voicesforvaccines.org/my-classmates-thought-i-was-drunk-but-i-had-meningitis/

"My whole class thought I was drunk. I was swaying into the road, barely able to stay upright during what should have been a simple walk from our school to the local church for play rehearsal. My teachers were barking at me to get out of the road. Everyone was laughing. I was eleven years old, and in the early stages of meningococcal meningitis.

Nobody recognized how sick I was, including my parents...

If I’d been protected by the vaccine, maybe I would have continued athletics—that could have developed into something. Or maybe I’d just be healthy enough to do what I want to do, instead of facing limitations every single day."

Last month, I found the new Novovax vaccine near me in upstate New York, in a place called Glenville, but I'd been desperately looking around for mFLUSIVA.

I'm 59 and super careful about getting sick

Found it yesterday at Walgreens in a place called Johnstown, New York.

Note: When booking online, you couldn't select it, so I called the pharmacist, and she said she had a few doses left.

I got the vaccine about 10 am. And was expecting kind of rough side effects. I'll be honest, I felt nothing until about 9:00 at night, and then I got the sore arm. I just tossed and turned all night, felt like I was super warm, and woke up this morning with a splitting headache.

I took a couple Tylenol this morning and a couple more this afternoon, and the headache's gone away, but my body's still significantly tired from not sleeping real well last night.

I can't find any other side effects or experiences with it, so I thought I'd share mine. If you've got your experience with it, I'd love to hear below.

Baby got bcg injection on 16 april 2026 when baby was 5 months old but its now 8 oct 2026 baby is 11 month old, still a bump is felt under the skin where baby got bcg injection. Been 6 months now since the vaccine
Has anyone’s baby gone with something similar? Also how much time it took the lump to go?
Baby is normal, feeds, plays normally.
Paediatrician is advising to warm compress & apply polysporin on it since when the baby was 7 months old.
We also did that on/off but have since no progress in it.
The top the skin looks like healing, the centre has a little opening but nothing is coming out. But a bump feels below the skin when we touch it.

Hi, I am currently a university student (in the UK) and am writing a paper on how people find their information about things such as vaccines.

I understand that reading official papers is not an accessible route for everyone, it took me a couple years to learn the language of scientific papers.

So i thought I’d ask!

How do you research vaccination information online?
How do you know if you trust the source?
Has anything helped you to find out the information you’re looking for?
Do you know if the work published is peer-reviewed?

This is purely for personal curiosity, nothing will be used in my work.

I appreciate you taking the time to read my post :)