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MeningitisB outbreak should authorities be doing more?

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Oreo Wed 18-Mar-26 10:37:23

I think they did act quickly enough, listening to their reasons on why they acted as they did.
Antibiotics and vaccinations are going ahead and warnings.

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Sago Wed 18-Mar-26 10:34:41

Has the UKHSA acted quickly enough?
It was confirmed on Friday but not made public for 48hours.

This awful infection can take 2-10 days before symptoms appear.

Students from Kent could be returning home for Easter and spreading this countrywide.

Surely Covid taught us that to act quickly is key.

In 1962 there was a few cases of Smallpox in Bradford, this was dealt with and contained very quickly without all the technology available to us today.
Below is a link to the e story, it’s an interesting read.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford_smallpox_outbreak_of_1962#:~:text=The%20outbreak%20resulted%20in%2014,over%20on%2012%20February%201962.

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