A major outbreak of meningococcal disease is spreading in Florida. The bacteria causes infections that can quickly become deadly, and the CDC is now investigating along with the Florida Department of Health.
It is a dangerous and serious illness, and Florida is seeing one of the worst outbreaks of meningococcal disease among gay and bisexual men in U.S. history.
"The estimate is that 70% of people that have no treatment whatsoever will die from this infection," Roberts said. "One in five individuals who are treated but survive the infection will go on to lifelong disability, including the loss of limbs, the loss of hearing, neurological damage and brain damage."
"He went to the hospital, and they were very busy at the time, and they diagnosed him with the flu and sent him home with Theraflu and, you know, an anti-nausea medication. By the next morning, Jimmy was dead," recalled his mother, Charlene Barnes.
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