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Patient Zero

Patient Zero

Por Bell, Sarah

Publicado por epubli

English 2026 ISBN 9783565221271
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Mary Mallon was an Irish immigrant and a fantastic cook. She was also a walking biological weapon. Historian Sarah Bell tells the tragic story of "Patient Zero," better known as Typhoid Mary. Mallon was an asymptomatic carrier of typhoid fever; she felt perfectly healthy, but everywhere she worked, people died. Bell details the relentless hunt by sanitary engineer George Soper, who tracked the outbreaks to Mary's famous peach ice cream. The book explores the ethical dilemma that followed: The state forcibly quarantined Mary on North Brother Island for decades, treating her like a criminal for a biological condition she didn't believe she had. "Patient Zero" is a timely examination of the tension between individual civil rights and the safety of the herd. It portrays Mary not just as a villain, but as a victim of a medical system that didn't know how to handle anomalies, condemning a woman to life imprisonment simply for existing.

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