Unvaccinated Child Spreads Dangerous Bacterial Infection _ Chicago Med _ MD TV

How dangerous is this? It depends. Haemophilus influenzae B can often be contained with the antibiotics we're giving her now, but not always. And if it's not contained? It can cause hearing loss, brain injury, even death. I've never even heard of it. How'd she get it? Well, that is the question. It's part of the standard vaccination regimen. Is Shiloh vaccinated? No. Any of them? Type B is transmitted by saliva, which makes incidental contacts like Dr. Halstead and I not at risk. But any of her long-term close contacts are. We'll notify the school, but in the meantime, you'll each need to be immunized. I'm not sure we want that. Mr. Kane, I think it's very... Your children are at serious risk. We feel vaccinations pose a serious risk as well. That is not true. Doctors are about intervention. I get it. But left alone, the body has a perfectly good immune system. And once you start injecting it with foreign proteins and preservatives, you can't help but change that. But right now, all our other children seem to be fine. And Shiloh's in there all alone. Can we just go be with her? Of course you can. We'll send someone in to watch your other children. Thank you. That didn't hurt, did it? You are so brave. Was that the shot? Nope. That's just the alcohol to make sure your arm is clean. Is that the shot? Nope. I'm gonna give it to you on the count of three, okay? One, two... Where's three? That's it. You've had the shot. Mrs. Schroeder's not feeling well. Have your teacher call 911 and tell the other doctor I need him. Can you breathe? Natalie! Epiglottitis, airways blocked, mouth-to-mouth isn't working. Get me something! Hurry! Nat, here. I know it's hard, but try slow, even breaths, okay? Mouth-to-mouth? She has type B, Natalie. What were you thinking? I had to do something. The ambulance is on its way. You're gonna be okay. Patricia Schroeder, haemophilus influenza B, cracked her in the field. The ENT's waiting for you in trauma three. All right. Terry, Shiloh's teacher? This is what happens when you don't vaccinate. You don't know that this was Shiloh's fault. That lady almost died. And she may have infected my friend who has a newborn baby. Terry's probably sick because her immune system is shot from a lifetime of vaccination. That's ridiculous. You docs, you think you know it all? How many times have you been wrong? Urine therapy, radium for diarrhea? How many approved drugs need to be pulled every year because they're killing people? Phenphen, Vioxx, Reptiva. There's no evidence the hip vaccine has any negative side effects. How can you be sure? Kids get the vaccine when they're babies. Who knows what the long-term effects will be? For Shiloh's long-term health and happiness, we'll risk a treatable childhood illness. So no child should be vaccinated, right? You want your kids in a school where no one's protected from polio, smallpox. Well, enough. No. You trot out this pseudoscience. But what you really want is for every other kid to be vaccinated so yours can be safe. He has no right to speak to us like that. You're right. He shouldn't have spoken to you that way. I'm very sorry.