Why Is Typhoid Mary Wrong

Typhoid Mary, also known as Mary Mallon, deserved the punishment of staying on Brother Island as a result of her lethal action. First, as Typhoid Mary cooked for families she worked for, the typhoid bacteria on her dirty hands contaminated the meals and got 6/8 families sick. In the 1900’s, Typhoid was an extremely fatal disease that spread rapidly and 1 out of every 3 people would die from it. But the fact that Mary cooked for so many families and she killed many people, is just wrong. She was the cause of around 51 deaths including poor innocent children. The mourning parents lost their children to this monster that deserved to be put on an island to prevent any more tragic deaths. Additionally, Typhoid Mary ignored the urgent pleas from

doctors and experts that wanted her bodily fluids tested for Typhoid. But, Mary didn’t even acknowledge what they were stating although the doctors and experts had strong evidence. They stated the fact that family members developed typhoid shortly after Mary was hired and soon she would suddenly disappear or quit. Lastly, even after being quarantined for three years and being told to never cook again, Typhoid Mary returned to cooking shortly after. To hide her identity, she changed her name to Mary Brown. Once she was tracked down, doctors and experts were shocked when they found out the amount of damage that she had caused in such a short period of time. Not only had Typhoid Mary been hired to work in a hospital, but she had already killed a total of 51 staff members and patients. When doctors and staff investigated, one employee with the name Mary Brown had simply vanished when patients started to come down with typhoid fever. Typhoid Mary deserved every second of her isolation because she committed terrible crimes through the touch of a hand.