2BEEN LINKED TO THE DISNEYLAND
2OUTBREAK.
2IT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
2DIAGNOSED PATIENTS TO "87"
2PEOPLE... ACROSS SEVEN STATES.
2THE SPREAD OF THE ILLNESS HAS
2REIGNITED THE DEBATE OVER
2VACCINATIONS AND WHAT CAN
2HAPPEN WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE
2CHOOSE TO FOREGO THEM.
2ONE LOCAL MOM SAYS - THE
2CONSEQUENCES CAN BE
2DEVASTATING. HER INFANT
2DAUGHTER DIED OF A DISEASE,
2THAT IS NORMALLY KEPT AT BAY
2WITH IMMUNIZATIONS.
2ANCHOR SULA KIM SAT DOWN WITH
2MOTHER - WHO EXPLAINS WHY
2SHE THINKS THIS OUTBREAK WAS
2PREVENTABLE.
2
2THIS WAS BRIE'S FAVORITE PLACE
2TO NAP ...PEACEFULLY
2NESTLED ON THE CHEST OF HER
2GRANDPA "MOOK".... NATS
244:10 I think it was the
2movement of the chest and the
2warmth of the body
2and they could just sit and
2sleep like that for hours. THE
2PICTURE WAS
2TAKEN WHEN BRIE WAS ONE MONTH
2OLD... A FEW DAYS LATER... THE
2HEALTHY INFANT STARTED SHOWING
2SYMPTOMS OF A
2COLD WITH A TERRIBLY DISTINCT
2COUGH. MOTHER DANIELLE
2ROMAGUERA SAYS SHE NEVER HEARD
2ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE. 28:20
2she would cough and turn blue
2around the lips and then she'd
2pass out
2BRIE WAS RUSHED TO THE
2HOSPITAL...WHERE SHE LET OUT ONE
2COUGH... AND THE DOCTOR KNEW
2
2EXACTLY WHAT WAS PLAGUING HER
2TINY BODY.
221:37 first thing that went
2through my head was what was
2that
2I didn't have a clue what that
2was THAT'S BECAUSE IT WAS A
2DISEASE SCARCELY DISCUSSED NOW -
2
2ONE THAT WAS PREVALENT DECADES
2AGO, CALLED
2PERTUSSIS... ALSO KNOWN AS
2WHOOPING COUPH. DANIELLE WAS A
2TEACHER AT THE TIME AND BELIEVES
2BRIE MAY HAVE
2CONTRACTED THE ILLNESS FROM
2HER. 22:14
2I had a bad cough I remember it
2felt like choking me but it was
2just that
2ADULTS HAVE A STRONGER IMMUNE
2SYSTEM. FOR LITTLE BRIE...
2
2HER FRAGILE ORGANS COULDN'T
2HANDLE IT. THE HIGHLY
2CONTAGIOUS RESPIRATORY VIRUS
2QUICKLY ATTACKED THE
2REST OF HER FRAIL BODY. HER
2LUNGS, KIDNEYS AND HEART
2STARTED TO SHUT DOWN AND DOCTORS
2PLACED HER ON LIFE
2SUPPORT AND A BLOOD THINNER...
2WHICH EVENTUALLY
2CAUSED HER BRAIN TO BLEED...
230:46 I realize if I'm keeping
2this baby alive for us and this
2is not what's meant to be and
2she has a greater purpose in
2life and he has a greater
2purpose for her then god let it
2play out the way it's supposed
2to and that was
2
2the day they had to disconnect
2her 31:02 SHE NOW BELIEVES THE
2
2GREATER PURPOSE IS TO SHARE
2BRIE'S STORY -- AND
2ENCOURAGE VACCINATIONS. YOU SEE,
2BRIE WAS JUST 7 DAYS
2SHY OF TWO MONTHS OLD. TWO
2MONTHS IS WHEN SHE COULD HAVE
2GOTTEN HER FIRST DOSAGE OF A
2VACCINE. LIKE SO MANY OTHER
2INFANTS - BRIE WAS VULNERABLE TO
2SOMETHING THAT COULD BE
2PASSED ALONG BY AN UNVACCINATED
2CHILD OR ADULT. 20:18
2if we stop vaccinating this is
2what's going to happen we're
2going to start seeing these
2diseases rise again
2WHICH IS WHY THE MEASLES
2OUTBREAK THAT STARTED AT
2
2DISNEYLAND BREAKS her HEART.
234:01
2some people have told me it's my
2choice but what they need to
2realize is that the choices they
2are making for
2their children are affecting
2other lives
2LIKE MANY PEDIATRICIANS, WDSU
2MEDICAL EDITOR DR. COREY
2
2HEBERT HAS STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT
2THE VACCINATION
2DEBATE.
254:40 the whole measles
2outbreak is due to the anti
2vaccine movement 56:20 people
2think you should not get
2vaccination because of a
2link to autism, and that's not
2correct. without vaccination
2america wouldn't be here and
2people need to realize
2
2that IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 10
2YEARS SINCE BRIE PASSED AWAY.
2TODAY....DANIELLE HAS THREE
2HEALTHY YOUNG BOYS. NOT A DAY
2GOES BY -- THAT SHE DOESN'T
2THINK ABOUT BRIE.... 26:20
2the boys remind us of her every
2single day
2THE STORY OF HER SHORT LIFE ...
2HAVING A LONG LIFE...BEING TOLD
2OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO HELP SAVE
2LIVES. 34:01
2some people have told me it's my
2choice but what they need to
2realize is that the choices they
2are making for
2their children are affecting
2other lives
2
2DR. HEBERT AND DANIELLE BOTH
2RECOMMEND YOU GET BOOSTER
2SHOTS. SHE BELIEVES HER
2VACCINATION HAD WORN OFF AND
2THAT'S HOW SHE GOT PERTUSSIS.
2WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE
2DECREASE IN THE VACCINATION
2
2RATE. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
2BYPASSING VACCINATIONS?
2THAT VARIES - A LOT - DEPENDING
2ON THE STATE AND THE VACCINE
2IN QUESTION.
2REGARDING THE SO-CALLED "M-M-R"
2. MEASLES, MUMPS RUBELLA
2VACCINE
2FOR INSTANCE: MISSISSIPPI HAS
2ONE OF THE HIGHEST
2VACCINATION RATES, AT 98
2PERCENT. BUT IN COLORADO THAT
2NUMBER IS JUST 82 PERCENT.
2SO THE RISK OF AN OUTBREAK
2VARIES QUITE A BIT, DEPENDING
2ON GEOGRAPHY.
2THANKS SULA. ANOTHER NOTE
2REGARDING BRIE AND WHOOPING