A More Thorough Look At Meningococcal Vaccines, Including The New B Vaccine

[HuckleB]

http://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center/vaccine-details/meningococcal-vaccine

"Although there are only five different types of meningococcus that commonly cause disease (types A, B, C, Y and W-135), it has been very difficult to make a vaccine that includes type B, and meningococcus type B accounts for two-thirds of meningococcal infections in infants and one-third of meningococcal infections in adolescents and adults. (Of note, two vaccines to prevent meningococcus type B were submitted for licensure to the Food and Drug Administration in 2014. Both are likely to be licensed for use in adolescents in 2015.)"

The Long Road to an Effective Vaccine for Meningococcus Group B (MenB)
http://www.annalsjournal.com/article/S2049-0801(13)70037-2/abstract?cc=y=

ACIP Supports Meningitis B Vaccine for Teens, Young Adults
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/853191

Meningitis B Vaccine: Is It For You?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterlipson/2014/06/26/meningitis-b-vaccine-is-it-for-you/

Why is the NHS vaccination for meningitis B not provided to everyone?
http://www.theguardian.com/science/occams-corner/2015/sep/01/why-is-the-nhs-vaccination-for-meningitis-b-not-provided-to-everyone

THE MENINGOCOCCAL B VACCINE DEBATE
http://www.comomeningitis.org/blog/2015/09/the-meningococcal-b-vaccine-debate/

Recently, a DU OP offered a quick interview newspaper article that only offer opinions, sans offering any actual explanations for those opinions. That OP also offered a link to an anti-vaccine page, which tends to make such an OP's real purpose highly questionable, IMO. I acknowledge that these pieces only tell the start of the story, but they tell much more of the story than the other OP. I think these pieces are a better place to start for people who want to understand the vaccine better.

[HuckleB]

1. Since our anti-vaccine friends think kicking their threads is ok, I guess I'll kick mine.

When will DU stand up to the anti-vaccine crowd in a thorough manner?