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Posted on April 17, 2020

Mary Mallon, also known as Typhoid Mary, was a cook born on September 23, 1869, whose claim to fame and infamy is widely known thanks to a Marvel Character and a rather odious slander. Mary, over the years, has become the poster child for disease carriers and immoral wickedness, to the point that her name has become a placeholder for death and virulence. Today, we’re going to investigate the tragic and cursed life of Typhoid Mary; her history, her passions, her secrets, her crimes, and her ghosts.

Mary’s claim to notoriety stems from the fact that she is believed to have infected 51 people, three of whom died, with typhoid fever. She was the first person in the United States recognized as an asymptomatic carrier of the malady. Mary’s fame doesn’t come from her genetic predisposition for the disease, nor the fact she was an unwitting host of the virus, but instead it grows from her egocentric and irresponsible disregard for other people’s lives.

In 1907, after Mallon published his startling evidence, the New York Health Inspector – pressured by the public and media attention – determined that Mary was an asymptomatic carrier. Under sections 1169 and 1170 of the Greater New York Charter, Mallon was kept in confinement for three years at a clinic located on North Brother Island.

It was during this time, that the media began calling her “Typhoid Mary”.

Ultimately, Eugene H. Porter, the New York State Commissioner of Health, concluded that folks that were unwitting virus vectors shouldn’t be kept in isolation against their will. Mary was released on the condition that she would stop working as a cook and take sensible steps to prevent transmitting typhoid to others.

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