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No article make clear why she refused I believe. I can't help to wonder if it's a modern spin of Typhoid Mary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon https:
by Timshel 4y ago
No article make clear why she refused I believe.
I can't help to wonder if it's a modern spin of Typhoid Mary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon).
- bbatha 4y agoGerm theory was also pretty new at the time and not something most working class people would know about, nor did Mary have symptoms. Contrary to today, germ theory is taught in elementary schools and is well understood by basically everyone. And this woman was clearly experiencing symptoms bad enough to require an ER visit! Visiting the ER likely also means that most of the common religious reasons such as being a Christian Scientist are out the window. At a certain point it becomes willful negligence and not ignorance.
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- NikkiA 4y agoBecause the drug the US insists upon has some nasty side effects that are potentially life ending/changing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoniazid#Side_effects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoniazid#Side_effects
- mock-possum 4y agothat's a reason to refuse treatment, not a reason to deliberately put the lives of others at risk.