Typhoid Mary

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🗓️ 18 July 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Mary Mallon (September 23, 1869 – November 11, 1938), also known as Typhoid Mary, was an Irish-American cook. She was the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the pathogen associated with typhoid fever. She was presumed to have infected 51 people, three of whom died, over the course of her career as a cook.^[1] She was twice forcibly isolated by public health authorities and died after a total of nearly three decades in isolation.^[2]^[3]

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0:00.0	So why didn't no one want to see us?
0:03.3	Do you know, I don't know.
0:03.9	He just said to be here early.
0:05.0	So I just, I just listen and show up.
0:07.1	Hey, guys.
0:08.1	Hey, hey, no, what's up?
0:09.7	So look, today we're doing typhoid Mary on the show.
0:15.0	And after the tolls, the riots and the typing rebellion,
0:17.7	I want to make sure that we're a little bit careful.
0:21.9	Okay.
0:22.7	What do you mean careful?
0:24.3	Well, it just seems that people have been a little confused lately.
0:28.3	I mean, we joke about everything because we have to joke about everything.
0:31.4	But I think this week it's important that we keep in mind.
0:34.1	We're telling an immigrant story, but not just an immigrant story.
0:37.7	We're telling the story of a woman who was ill, who lacked education,
0:41.4	and who probably didn't know any better.
0:43.7	And so while we can joke today, I think it's important that we be a little careful
0:47.0	on how we address this subject.
0:49.1	I guess that's the essence about it.
0:52.7	That makes sense.
0:53.7	Yeah.
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