Typhoid Mary
Guys... just...stay home & wash your hands, okay?
Today, we take some time to learn about the life & isolation of Mary Mallon, who would hate to know that everyone is still calling her Typhoid Mary, tbh.
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Wtf Mary?! Working at a hospital-in the history chicks episode they said it was a maternity home too. 😳 although to be fair 1) doctors at the turn of the century were pretty crazy and often the ‘cures’ were worse than the symptoms and 2) she probably did wash her hands, just not with antibacterial soap.
Thank you so much for continuing to post these! This time is already stressful but I am in Utah and we had an earthquake last month and have had thousands of aftershocks and it has been crazy! We are trapped in the one place we are supposed to feel safe but we just want to get away from! I have been listening to you podcast and it has been the only thing to make me smile.
I had a thought while listening. Mary probably thought the government was trying to frame her because the Irish were treated very poorly in America at this point in history. I can see it 🤷♀️