Typhoid Mary: There's Just Something About Mary

On this week's episode, Liz and Dakota look at the history of the first known case of an asymptomatic carrier.  Thinking about societal, health, and ethical questions, they trace Mary's history as a typhoid carrier, and wonder about peach ice cream.

Episode Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoid_fever

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Typhoid-Mary

https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-typhoid-mary

https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/long-view-tragedy-typhoid-mary

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/03/17/typhoid-mary-st-patricks-day-coronavirus/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959940/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoid_Mary_(character)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexamethylenetetramine

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