March 15, 2015. Associated Students of Northern Arizona University #27-4
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Associated Students of Northern Arizona University
Meningitis B Vaccine
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2014-2015 ASNAU Senator: Alexandria Buchta
student government is dedicated to making sure students receive the best education possible while
preparing students for a successful future, we recommend the CDC sub-group Advisory Committee
on Immunization and Prevention (ACIP) to declare the newly approved Meningitis B vaccine to
become a recommended vaccine for incoming college students.
incoming college freshman are most likely to be infected due to close living quarters and social
nature of college students.
college athletes are frequently together and commonly share items that can serve as a mechanism
to transmit disease, promoting a high possibility of becoming infected with this disease. College
athletes are frequently together and commonly share items that can serve as a mechanism to
transmit disease, promoting a high possibility of becoming infected with this disease.
there has been an outbreak at the University of Oregon, infecting six individuals within the last four
weeks with one death.
in recent months and years there have been multiple college students who have been
infected, attending different universities (San Diego State, Drexel, Princeton, and Providence
College) across several states, resulting in death and lifelong medical conditions not limited to loss of
mental function, hearing and amputation of limbs.
there are five strains of Meningitis; serogroup B being the most deadly and just recently becoming
vaccine preventable.
Meningitis B resembles the flu but escalates much more quickly.
Meningitis B can lead to hearing loss, brain and kidney damage, and limb amputations with one in
ten cases resulting in death.
health issuers commonly only cover ACIP recommended immunizations.
public schools and universities cannot require what is not recommended.
ACIP met last February but did not make any changes due to a shortened meeting, therefore
deferring the topic of Meningitis B recommendations until June 2015.
government leaders, after the severe outbreak, sent out a Public Safety Announcement strongly
urging parents to immunize their children.
physicians do not stock what is not in demand, making it difficult to access the life-saving vaccine for
parents who desire to vaccinate their children.
ACIP recommendation of this vaccine would result in immunity within a majority of students,
allowing incoming students to develop herd immunity and protect their great, young minds and
protecting their future from this known killer.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT: We the Undersigned resolve that the needless loss of human potential, life and limb, from
Meningitis B can be prevented. Therefore, we urge the recommendation by ACIP that incoming college students
receive the Meningitis B vaccine, with such action a priority at their June meeting.
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THE ASNAU SENATE
Resolution #27-4