Do children vaccinated for MenB as babies need a teenage booster?

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I was reading about the latest outbreak of MenB in Kent and was thinking that those young people hadn’t had the MenB vaccine as part of their NHS immunisations and kind of squared it in my head that children from 2015 who had those vaccinations would have some protection.

However having read a BBC article about the subject it stated that those vaccinations were really only for while the children were very young and susceptible and only lasts a few years. Which leads me to wonder if a further vaccination is required when the children reach 14/15? I’ve read about the MenACWY vaccination that seems to be being offered to teenagers but is that still on offer if the children received the vaccination when babies?

Im confused about it and wonder if anyone was more clued up about it?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3rzg0vg947o

Im confused to what im understanding is it only lasts 5 years so will need re doing as teens

Apparently so!!! First I’ve heard of this.

Both mine had the jab in Year 9 at school. So aged 13/14 years old. Not sure how long the immunity lasts though!

Are you sure it was the meningitis b they had

Not the Men B vaccine.

The only vaccination I can see coming through for my teenager is the HPV one.

It was called Meningitis ACWY or something like that.

Yeah men b is the one thats spreading and is a seperate vaccine

It won't have been the menB though as another poster said its MenACWY when they are teens.

I'm not sure it matters at the moment as only kids upto 10 years old will have had MenB as babies. Both of mine are to old to have had it.

They have a booster in year 9.

In the US, my teens are finishing off their MenB vaccines so they are good for university.

That's rubbish! Why aren't teens being given the Men B vaccine as well, then?!?

Yeah that’s the one for teenagers.
My 1 year-old nephew died from meningococcal septicaemia and it was the ACWY strain. His Mum was a teenager, friends were all teenagers, none were offered the ACWY vaccine at the time. It was awful.
I hope all the poorly teenagers in Kent pull through, their families must be going through hell.

Its insane isnt it.

I’ve just looked up the MenACWY vaccine and it offers no protection for MenB! I don’t understand. Why isn’t that in the vaccine? I can’t make sense of it.

They decided not to do a catch-up campaign. Weather they introduce a booster for those who got it as babies is another question. But that wouldn't come in for another few years yet anyway as those kids would only be in year 6 right now.

Probably cost. I got both my girls done privately in 2014 when they were about 6years old and if memory serves it was £200 per child. They had 2 jabs 2 months apart. There’s mixed messages currently about whether they need a booster.

So it comes down to money? Keep everyone in the dark over this so no one can highlight what a fuck up this is nationally and once again throw our young people under the bus?

At least let parents decide themselves by giving clear guidance on it. It is the first I’ve heard that that vaccine gave only five years protection. I’m furious honestly.

Obviously it comes down to money. The NHS have to weigh up everything when it comes to how they spend their pot of money.

Then tell the parents!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t have enough exclamation marks.
These politicians are just trying to keep people in ignorance so no one demands anything from them. Scumbags. Blood on their hands as usual.

But non of those children who have been effected will have been young enough to have the MenB vaccine anyway. It wasn't available then.

If your kids are young enough to have had it as babies they will still have some protection.

They vaccination the age groups with the most appropriate vaccines for them.

And I don't know why I'm being so defensive of the NHS when neither of my kids are young enough to have had it.

I think the more I read about it the more I understand that its not a great vaccine in terms of cost and reward for a teenage rollout. It can only cover some of the MenB strains not even all of them and like you said only has a few years good protection for those. It's not like students are the only at risk group, anyone can catch it at any age. I can see how in evaluation it probably didn't score highly/ is more in the nice to have rather than essential group of the vaccination program for this age group.

I had my ds done privately when he was about 4 or 5 (as my younger dd had hers on the nhs, and I wanted them both protected the same).

I didn't realise it was such a short acting vaccine tbf.

I did exactly the same for exactly the same reasons and also wasn’t aware it was so short acting.

I don’t require the NHS to fund it. I do require the correct health campaigns to reach the public and giving this vaccination as a certain age should be something all parents were aware of.