The Boy in the Bubble

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

David Vetter lived his whole life sealed off from the outside world in a completely sterile environment. He was born with a rare genetic disorder, Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease, which made him hugely susceptible to infections. He died from the disease at the age of 12 on 24 February 1984, when a bone marrow transplant failed. Rachael Gillman has been speaking to his mother Carol-Ann Demaret.

(Photo: David Vetter and his mother Carol-Ann Demaret Credit: Carol-Ann Demaret)

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1:11.2	Today I'm taking you back to February 1984 and the death of a young American boy who had lived his whole life sealed off from the outside world in a completely sterile environment.
1:22.0	Born with a rare genetic disorder which completely sterile environment.
1:22.8	Born with a rare genetic disorder which made him hugely susceptible to infections,
1:27.8	he became known as the boy in the bubble.
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