Designated Survivor (TV Series)
Outbreak (2017)
Alicia Coppola: Dr. Tammy Bruner
Quotes
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Dr. Tammy Bruner : Two Air Force muscleheads are telling me I got to get on a plane, that they're gonna carry me out if I resist. That's called kidnapping.
Tom Kirkman : Well, you're gonna have to take that up with a higher authority. Wait a second, I am the higher authority. Come on, Tammy. They were following orders. They were trying to help.
Dr. Tammy Bruner : Yeah, I suppose.
Tom Kirkman : The doc says you're gonna make a full recovery.
Dr. Tammy Bruner : I didn't get the job done. I am a soldier who left the field of battle before the battle was won.
Tom Kirkman : Think of it like this. I'm a general who refuses to leave anyone behind, and I outrank you. Now, I want you to behave yourself. Listen to the nurses and do what they tell you because if I have to come back, it is not going to be pretty.
Dr. Tammy Bruner : Yes, sir.
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Dr. Tammy Bruner : I read an abstract recently about an experimental cancer drug called Extasis with interesting antiviral properties that seem to reduce the ability of viruses with a genome similar to the H7N9 to replicate.
Aaron Shore : So not a prevention, but a treatment. That sounds promising. Where do we get it?
Dr. Tammy Bruner : A guy named Carlton Mackie. He heads this cutting-edge pharma firm in Delaware called Benevax.
Emily Rhodes : We're on it.
Dr. Tammy Bruner : Meantime, we need to widen the quarantine to neighboring counties. This thing's getting away from us.
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Tom Kirkman : Okay, what do we got?
Tom Kirkman : Thirty-two cases in the past twenty-four hours in South Carroll Parish. It's twelve fatalities.
Emily Rhodes : Which means thousands are infected.
Tom Kirkman : So what's the CDC saying? Is this as bad as Liberia?
Dr. Tammy Bruner : Worse. It's influenza "A", likely avian origin. Highly contagious. Short incubation period facilitates the spread.
Tom Kirkman : Could this be the superbug you've been worried about?
Dr. Tammy Bruner : Well, I might have an answer for that if the CDC had some money for infectious disease research.
Tom Kirkman : Just like when we were teaching at Columbia. Always trying to squeeze blood from a stone.
Dr. Tammy Bruner : But that was for faculty pensions. This is about lives.
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Dr. Tammy Bruner : This flu appears to be an H7N9 subtype. Like the Yangtze Delta flu.
Tom Kirkman : And no one here has immunity. How fast will it spread?
Dr. Tammy Bruner : Our simulation says the H7N9 will appear in surrounding states in thirty-six hours. In seventy-two hours...
[showing the simulation of the disease spreading across the country]
Dr. Tammy Bruner : ...that's what it will look like.
Tom Kirkman : Oh, my god.
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Tom Kirkman : A hundred years ago, the Spanish flu wiped out 5% of the world's population. How bad is this?
Dr. Tammy Bruner : I'll give you a call when I have boots on the ground.
Tom Kirkman : All right.
[she turns to leave]
Tom Kirkman : Tammy.
[she turns back]
Tom Kirkman : Be careful.
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Aaron Shore : Ten more dead?
Dr. Tammy Bruner : And eleven more in the ICU hanging on. The mortality rate of the patients in the hospital will be about 40%.
Aaron Shore : Have we made any progress?
Dr. Tammy Bruner : No. The viral gestation cycle is short. The patient's lungs are damaged, and the oxygen loss leads to organ failure.
Emily Rhodes : What about our antiviral stockpile?
Dr. Tammy Bruner : The South Carroll Parish strain is resistant.
Aaron Shore : What about creating a new vaccine?
Dr. Tammy Bruner : Even if you threw every brain from the CDC at it, it would take months.
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Tom Kirkman : How's it going down there?
Dr. Tammy Bruner : The drugs arrived late this afternoon. My team spent the rest of the day titrating the proper dose.
Tom Kirkman : You think it's gonna work?
Dr. Tammy Bruner : I don't know, sir. We're administering it now.
Tom Kirkman : I don't even have the words.
Dr. Tammy Bruner : Sir?
Tom Kirkman : To tell you how grateful I am. The greatest enemy we face these days is one we can't even see, and I send you down there behind enemy lines. And you go. Without hesitation, no questions asked.
Dr. Tammy Bruner : Do you know why I do it?
Tom Kirkman : Why?
Dr. Tammy Bruner : Because I know that you would.
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Tom Kirkman : How are we doing?
Dr. Tammy Bruner : The Extasis is working, sir. It dramatically reduces the viral load so that the body's immune system has a fighting chance. The patients that we've administered it to are recovering.
Tom Kirkman : Thank god.
Dr. Tammy Bruner : Problem is we don't have enough. Not anymore.
Tom Kirkman : Well, we lost a lot of time. We had to chase that son of a bitch into court.
Dr. Tammy Bruner : Yes, sir, and this virus is moving much faster than we thought. We need more medicine.
Tom Kirkman : Unfortunately, Mackie gave us everything that he had.
Dr. Tammy Bruner : 10,000 doses, right?
Tom Kirkman : That's correct.
Dr. Tammy Bruner : I don't think that's all he had.
Tom Kirkman : Why?
Dr. Tammy Bruner : This medication is extremely expensive to develop. 10,000 doses is simply not a cost-effective production, especially for a company that invests as much into R&D as Benevax.
Tom Kirkman : Right. We'll look into it. I'll get back to you as soon as we can. Emily, I want...
Emily Rhodes : On it, sir.
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Tom Kirkman : Tammy, what's wrong? You don't look well.
Dr. Tammy Bruner : It's not what you think.
Tom Kirkman : What is it?
Dr. Tammy Bruner : [showing him an IV in her hand] It's kidney failure.
Tom Kirkman : What? How?
Dr. Tammy Bruner : I had to test out the antiviral on myself to determine its toxicity, and I knew the quickest way to do it. Turns out the proper dosage is only one millileter, not two.
Tom Kirkman : I want you out of there. I'm bringing you back to Walter Reed. You're coming home.
Dr. Tammy Bruner : No, Mr. President.
Tom Kirkman : I'm not asking.
Dr. Tammy Bruner : I know, sir. But we're still fighting here. A good soldier doesn't leave the field early. She stays until the last shot is fired. It's what you would do.
