Warning. Reporter they say an unusually high number of meningitis cases have been reported until the brooklyn area and its affecting gay men. San Francisco May be thousands of miles from the big apple but Health Officials here worry that a quick plane ride might land bay area travelers right in the heart of meningitis outbreak in new york city. We know theres lots of travel between the two cities. Reporter dr. Susan phillips is with the San Francisco health department. She says new york has had 16 cases of menengococal disease. The cases involve men in areas of brooklyn who are have had intimate contact with other men. Its due to a bacterium and it is passed by a very close personal contacts. Secretions of any kind including saliva. Reporter gay men traveling to new york should get a vaccine if they have planning to have sex with men there. Men who met partners online, at parties. Awareness is good but i dont think they should be scaring people to travel. Reporter travelers should know
Gay men about the spread of a communicable disease. Good evening im ken wayne. And im julie haener. It is a meningitis outbreak but its not happening here. Still the Health Center takes it serious enough to issue a warning. Reporter they say an unusually high number of meningitis cases have been reported until the brooklyn area and its affecting gay men. San Francisco May be thousands of miles from the big apple but Health Officials here worry that a quick plane ride might land bay area travelers right in the heart of meningitis outbreak in new york city. We know theres lots of travel between the two cities. Reporter dr. Susan phillips is with the San Francisco health department. She says new york has had 16 cases of menengococal disease. The cases involve men in areas of brooklyn who are have had intimate contact with other men. Its due to a bacterium and it is passed by a very close personal contacts. Secretions of any kind including saliva. Reporter gay men traveling to new york sho
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