The Guardian view on meningitis in Kent: we must not take public health systems for granted | Editorial

This frightening outbreak is not yet over, and serves as a reminder of why plans to manage infectious diseases exist The public health measures taken in response to this month’s meningitis outbreak in Kent so far appear to be working. Two young people have tragically died – one a sixth-former in Faversham, the other a student at the University of Kent. In the Canterbury area, where cases have been identified at four schools and two universities, thousands of lives have been disrupted and man...

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