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Reminds me of (Typhoid) Mary Mallon [0]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon

• JackFr 3y ago
  Typhoid Mary was an interesting case because she was completely asymptomatic, and so she claimed not believe she had it. This women seems to have full on TB.
  • sidewndr46 3y ago
    Mary did not claim to believe she did not have an infection. That's a very odd twisting of the English language. She did not believe she had the infection, full stop. It's also worth mentioning that complying with the law at the time meant she was unable to earn any income, so her options were basically to break the law or be in an institution. Given the history of US institutions I think most of us would have made the same choice.
    • JoeAltmaier 3y ago
      She had been isolated on a quarantine island (near Ellis?) in a cabin. She was a highly social person and was going stir-crazy. So she escaped. Not so much an issue about Mary as it was her treatment. That treatment could not end well. But back then there was very little money to deal with such cases.
    • fluoridation 3y ago
      Well, "she claimed she did not believe she had an infection" is more correct, since we don't know what she believed, only what she claimed. It's possible she did believe she was infected and used incredulity as an excuse to continue spreading it.