Where are the numbers? by Norman Fenton and Martin Neil

Where are the numbers? by Norman Fenton and Martin Neil

Is the UK meningitis 'outbreak' diagnosing hangovers?

Using AI to calculate relative & absolute risk of meningitis given symptoms and test

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Martin Neil
Mar 23, 2026
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UK news has been chock full of scare stories about the meningitis ‘outbreak’ in Kent, accompanied by the vaccination of students and with high strength antibiotics handed out like sweets.

Being busy on other things we’ve ignored it, but now news is coming out in the press that the ‘cases’ are now being downgraded and are now ‘past their peak’.

Astute read…

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