Worried about mum visiting after one night in London meningitis outbreak

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I have a 4 year old and a 6 week old baby and I am abit worried about my mum going to london for one night. She is travelling there today and coming back tomorrow. My worry is with the meningitis outbreak.
I have said to my mum about us staying away from her for 2 weeks as I don't want to risk it with my children.
Am I overreacting with this?

Yes.

Yes

Yes you are overreacting.

Big overreaction

Massive overreaction

Complete over reaction OP, that’s no way to live.

you have a right to these feelings, particularly with a 6 week old baby.

Yes

The meningitis outbreak is in Kent among young people at uni/sixth form. What is the relevance or connection to your mother going to London?

The outbreak was in Canterbury not London or have I missed some news?

Canterbury & Margate are miles away from London & according to the BBC it’s already peaked.

You need to learn how it is transmitted (through saliva) and chill.

Measles a bigger problem in London than meningitis OP…

In any case, millions of us live there (and with babies!) and arent overly concerned - so you shouldn’t be either.

Canterbury is 87 miles from London. I doubt there are many people who can spit that far.

You are over-reacting plus the outbreak is not in London.

I don't think there have been any cases in London OP.

Although I agree that you may be overreacting due to the way meningitis spreads through very close contact (kissing, vapes etc), I'm not very impressed by that lack of compassion shown by some of the others. With a young baby you are biologically heightened to look for danger and to do anything in your power to look after your baby. Add sleep deprivation and it's a recipe for anxiety, as many new mum's experience.
If possible I would speak to someone kind in real life who will listen to your concerns and talk through to see that this trip poses very little additional threat.

Sending empathy and hugs at a very vulnerable time. To others who are replying with such contempt, if you're not kind enough to reply to a new mum with a helpful response then please don't reply in the future. Shaming mums for responding to what the are hard wired to do is not cool.

Yes massively

I live in Greater London. I still go out regularly and I have two older DC who live with me who go out to work and regular nights out. We're all fine and not becoming recluses because of this outbreak. I get that having young DC, and especially a newborn, can cause anxiety but yes, you're massively overreacting.

I'd be really upset if my daughter told me I couldn't visit her and my grandchildren just because I had a life outside her and I went to London (very regular place to visit in our family)

Yes she does have a right to feel like that. But it’s not a normal level of anxiety.

@Muddlemummy they can be reported now because it's not helpful at all.

Op I totally understand your concerns!
So many people mix in London and the news itself is telling us that Kent students go home and we can expect small clusters over the UK.

However the initial outbreak is under control ,over 5000 possibly higher ...lots of vaccines have been rolled out and similarly a huge number of antibiotics which stops it and stops the spread.

It's not like flu circulating.

I was also worried as I have older teens and we are also travelling this Easter.

As middle said it's perfectly natural to worry about threats to a new born !
Hopefully some of the more normal responses will allay your fears.