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Bring back Chris Whitty.

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TrickyD · 19/03/2026 08:36

As meningitis seems to be spreading, why has the Chief Medical Officer, Sir Chris Whitty not been put in charge of planning and controlling it?

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Araminta1003 · 19/03/2026 14:43

It is spreading amongst young people sharing vapes, glasses, bottles of booze, cutlery etc and kissing. Can’t imagine Whitty having much impact on that kind of behaviour, can you? Someone young on Insta/tiktok likely to have more impact.

EasternStandard · 19/03/2026 14:55

Namechange8742 · 19/03/2026 14:20

Except it's caused by a bacteria, but otherwise agree!

I'm quite surprised/annoyed by how sensationalist the BBC is being. I know clear, measured communication doesn't bring in the traffic, but is there any need for it to be a constant live, breaking news story?

I think it’s ok as parents can keep an eye out for symptoms.

If there’s no secondary infections it’ll be over pretty soon.

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