66. MYSTERY: Typhoid Mary, Super Spreader

Typhoid Mary was the most famous asymptomatic carrier of a disease known as Typhoid Fever. The idea that a person could feel perfectly fine and still infect a lot of other people with a deadly virus was as confusing in the early 1900s as it is today. 

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Sources:

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

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/typhoid-mary-tragic-tale-exposed-health-impacts-super-spreaders

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

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

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52291327

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-frightening-legacy-of-typhoid-mary-180954324/

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

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