A friend of my wife gave birth to a daughter around the same time as my son was born. My boy is now two. He is booked in for a private meningitis b vaccine which costs a tidy sum. My 8 month old got it on the NHS. The vaccine ought to be available to all kids but it's not. The catch up programme is limited such that the friends daughter caught it and sadly died at the weekend.
There is a petition created as a result calling on the government to address this. If you have a few spare moments it would be great if you could sign it.
The link is
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Thanks HOLers

I'm a sleeping dog, but you can't tell
When I'm on the prowl you'd better run like hell

Thanks Rob. The petition has been getting thousands of signatures every minute. It passed 100k a few minutes ago so parliament will consider a debate.

I'm a sleeping dog, but you can't tell
When I'm on the prowl you'd better run like hell

Great cause, signed

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Signed.

However the cost of the vaccine is presently very high, something like a cost effective price of 80 quid per vaccination, which is why its problematic to vaccinate broadly, even if it would be ideal (long term it would almost eliminate Men B in teenagers - the primary carrier of the disease).

In truth, things like this I believe are more worthy of government spending, than commercial interests such as the assorted rail links.

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signed

They're justified, and they're ancient
And they drive an ice cream van

Its a terrible virus / bacterial infection (I think its weirdly both). I used to know a girl who as a result of infection, survived but it all but destroyed her immune system. She got it twice more as a result, and eventually it left her brain damaged.

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