Thanks to Dottie for alerting me to this.
On BBC News at 6 tonight reporting on the Meningitis deaths in Kent, we were surprised to see the above figure of only 90% having had the Meningitis B vaccine by 5 years-old.
Why do I say only?
From Public Health Scotland’s Childhood immunisation statistics Scotland Quarter ending 30 September 2025 [latest data]:
Uptake for children aged 12 months old was: Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) (95.5%), 6-in-1 (94.3%), MenB (94.3%), Rotavirus (92.2%).
94.3% by 12 months in Scotland and only 90% by 5 years in England? Worrying?
The World Health Organization (WHO) does not specify a particular herd immunity threshold percentage for meningococcal serogroup B (MenB) disease, also known as meningitis B.
So is there a general herd immunity percentage based on research that health authorities might apply?
In countries with routine MenB programs high coverage (96%) has led to substantial reductions in MenB disease in vaccinated age groups (often 50-75%). https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)31921-3/fulltext
Perhaps the authorities in Scotland have read the above 2016 Lancet report?
Talking-up Scotland 