Neil Stone says the Kent meningitis outbreak is subsiding and mocks anti-vaccine conspiracies, while The BMJ reports genomic evidence suggesting a distinct strain likely drove the outbreak.
When you are so far down the anti vaccine conspiracy theory rabbit hole that you don't even believe in a meningitis outbreak
The meningitis outbreak in Kent, UK 🇬🇧has passed its peak
Because meningitis B is a year round threat, each and every year, for which the UK doesn't yet have wide vaccine coverage
"The perception that meningitis is rare in the UK, and that this outbreak is out of the ordinary, is accurate."
The meningitis outbreak in Kent, England seems to be subsiding, thankfully
There was enough time though for many anti vaccine conspiracy theorists to embarrass themselves with their total ignorance on the topic, though.
The meningitis B outbreak in Kent was probably driven by the strain of bacteria having a “clearly distinct” genome, a preliminary investigation has concluded
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