[arista]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Didn't know it was contagious..

Someone brought it to that
Kent Nightclub - now closed

Coughed on someone
or somthing other

One mother said her daughter shared a Vape....


Are all the Club workers British?

[arista]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

Yes, this can not be ignored

[Glenn.]

The belt exists because a very specific climate combination increases transmission:
• Dry Harmattan winds
• Dust in the air
• Long dry seasons
• Dense settlements in parts of the Sahel

These factors make it easier for meningococcal bacteria to spread through respiratory droplets.

Since about 2010, mass vaccination campaigns using the MenAfriVac vaccine drastically reduced the huge epidemics caused by meningococcal group A. Cases still happen, but the scale of outbreaks has fallen significantly.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes, this can not be ignored

Nor can the area of the UK where this has happened...

[arista]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

Nor can the area of the UK where this has happened...

A staff member gives out masks

Yes once again from 7AM
More young students lined up at the University
to get the life-saving Antibiotics




Reports over 700
so far

[arista]

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by arista

PM Starmer should offer the Vaccine/Meds Free

The Students have to buy it.
This is why it stopped being taken up

…bang on right, Arista…

[Cherie]

Its an unprecedented outbreak it might have been around for decades but this level of outbreak is unusual according to the Health Minister

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Didn't know it was contagious..

This is why the vac is givn to Uni and College students as they mix socially alot looks like the vac hasn't been offered or there is a low take up, I am sure that will change

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Its an unprecedented outbreak it might have been around for decades but this level of outbreak is unusual according to the Health Minister

…it does make me think whether it’s also connected in any way to lockdown times/isolation etc and the lowering of immunities that could have contributed to this outbreak now…

[Crimson Dynamo]

Mrs Jones-Roberts said her staff dismissed the Instagram message as fake


Health officials used Instagram to inform the nightclub at the centre of the deadly meningitis outbreak about a confirmed case.

Louise Jones-Roberts, the owner of Club Chemistry in Canterbury, told The Telegraph that staff initially thought the message was a hoax because it came from an unverified individual account, rather than directly from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).

The message said there had been a confirmed case involving a guest at the venue and that staff needed to contact the agency “urgently”.

However, when the club tried to call the government body on the number provided, no one answered.

The infection is believed to have spread at the Canterbury nightclub almost two weeks ago. At least two patients began showing symptoms after going there on March 6.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...eningitis-out/

[bots]

it could have mutated and become more infectious. Pure speculation from me of course, but something must have changed for people to become more vulnerable to it than previously

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…it does make me think whether it’s also connected in any way to lockdown times/isolation etc and the lowering of immunities that could have contributed to this outbreak now…

It certainly a possibility

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

Meningitis is a worldwide problem. It’s not Ebola. Take your disgusting racism elsewhere. I don’t know how you people get away with it.

[arista]

13 students remain in the hospital

[Crimson Dynamo]

Awful state of affairs, so many people must be worried and terrified in Kent

[Crimson Dynamo]

🚨 BREAKING: The meningitis outbreak has been declared a "national incident"
with the first case now reported in London

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

Awful state of affairs, so many people must be worried and terrified in Kent

Not particularly

[Cherie]

Baby critically ill, this is from 4th March

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/oth...5b47a4c64&ei=7

[arista]

[arista]

[arista]

[MTVN]

Five new cases this morning, good thing the students are now travelling back home across the country for Easter...

[arista]

20 cases now, including the 2 dead


Also a baby girl in a London Hospital
not connected to Kent.

GMB ITV update

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Five new cases this morning, good thing the students are now travelling back home across the country for Easter...

…not just travelling home across the country for Easter but travelling to overseas destinations as well for the Easter break…/…could this be yet another pandemic situation…

Many people carry the bacteria or viruses that cause meningitis in their nose or throat without getting sick, yet they can still spread it to others. The infection is primarily transmitted via respiratory droplets (coughing, kissing, sharing items) during this asymptomatic "carrier"