In 2020 my state's health board made it a requirement for all students in the 11th grade. School is now requesting I give them my son's shot record and that he have the initial and the booster shot.

I've found some info on it, such as it becoming available in the early 70's but mostly used for children in Africa and Middle-East. What I am looking for is the the number of annual cases for Neisseria meningitidis in the US. basically, what is the risk and exposure he is facing.

I can't find (doesn't mean they aren't there and just covered up) any major adverse effects of the vaccine. Curious what other parents here with kids around the same age did or are planning to do.

I'm not against vaccines, I just think it is a weird flex for the state to mandate this vaccine and at the time they did it (2020). Needless to say, my confidence and trust in any health board or organization, especially the CDC and FDA, is completely gone after the covid era.