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Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America
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♥ Sandi ❣
3.5 stars

Happy I read this. For the story to be over a century old, it is very relevant to our world today. In 1906 it was Typhoid, however today you can just replace that word with Covid. Pandemic, easily transferred, the unsick, unknown carriers, thousands lost, hospitals over loaded, vaccinations at the center of controversy. Oh so little our world has changed it the last century.

Mary Mallon was accused of harboring the typhoid germ within her body and then passing it onto unsuspecting peopl
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