"Just in the past six months, we've had two patients in the ICU with Hib. One child unfortunately succumbed at 4 months of age. No vaccines. One month ago, I was on call, and another patient also came into the ICU, a 2½-year-old, never vaccinated, Hib again. Abscesses in the brain, seizures, brain dead. Quote, unquote, mother's words: ‘Please give my child every vaccine you can.’ "

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Doctors sound alarm on meningitis cases at workshop on ending school vaccine mandates

There were speakers for and against keeping mandates during public comment. Doctors say one shot that could become optional prevents Hib, a deadly form of meningitis that is already more common.

^{Kerry Sheridan (WUSF)}