Anonymous wrote:I've gotten Meningitis B for my two kids right before freshman year of college. It's a two-vaccine series. Both universities have required the quadrivalent meningitis but not meningitis B, but meningitis is so scary, even if rare, that I think it's worth it.
The thing with meningitis B vaccine (like most vaccines) is that immunity wears off within 1-2 years. That's why I think there's not much sense in doing it in HS, because absent other risk factors, HS students aren't really at risk. To me, it's the first two years of college -- living in dorms, potentially stressed and not necessarily eating and sleeping well, that are the highest-risk zone.
A 16 year old who gets the Men B vaccine and goes to college at 18 likely won't be protected.
+1000
You want it summer before college and then booster at xmas break. So it's at peak while your kid is living in the dorms/communal living. Men B is a scary disease, often mistaken for the flu or other illness and healthy 18-20 yo are told to go home, get rest and stay hydrated. By time they realize it's worse, it often is too late. You can go from totally normal not really sick to dead in 24-36 Hours.
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