Meningitis Alert Issued For New York City Gay Guys and "Men Who Have Sex With Men"

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3. Nothing in this article indicates that the Health Department actually

suspects that it is a disease that was transmitted sexually to the people who contracted it, or even among MSM populations. In four weeks, four gay, HIV + men have contracted meningitis and one has died. But they could have contracted it anywhere! Issuing the alert to men who have sex with men seems to be overwrought! based on this article. It seems to me alerting HIV+ people would be a more rational strategy.