Mark3d ago

Kent’s #meningitis outbreak was years in the making – here’s why

The #students caught up in it belong to a generation that has never been routinely #vaccinated against the strain responsible.

That is not because a #vaccine doesn’t exist. It does. Bexsero, which protects against #meningococcal group B #disease has been available since 2013

The #UK even became the first country in the world to add it to its national #immunisation schedule, in September 2015.

But only for babies ...

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Every student at #university today was born before July 2015, meaning every one of them missed the cut-off.

The #NHS [NICE?] never offered them the jab and NO catch-up programme was ever provided. A decade of students has passed through higher education with no routine protection against the most common form of bacterial meningitis.

https://theconversation.com/kents-meningitis-outbreak-was-years-in-the-making-heres-why-278003?utm_medium=mastodon_fediverse

#CutsKill #healthcare #CostSavings #FalseEconomy

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Kent’s meningitis outbreak was years in the making – here’s why

A vaccine has existed since 2013. The UK was first to adopt it. But a decade of students never received it – and are now paying the price.

The Conversation
Mar 21 at 12:39pmWeb