nurse renate goldblum started her shift in the nursery at st. peter’s hospital and noticed almost immediately that something seemed off. of the four newborns, three seemed unusually fussy. upon examination, she discovered that two, the wills twins, had fevers and a strange rash on their thighs and diaper areas – small vesicular lesions and larger moist red areas. it did not look like any diaper rash she’d ever seen, and as renate examined the babies, the affected skin started peeling off in sheets. baby wang did not have a fever, but renate noticed small red spots under her arms.
