Typhoid Mary Analysis

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The film “Typhoid Mary” explains the life changing events that occur to Mary Mallon who is a healthy carrier of Typhoid fever. The New York City Health Department health officials requested Mary for her specimens. However, when Mary refused to listen she was taken to a hospital and samples were taken. They found she is a healthy carrier of Typhoid fever and moved to a quarantine facility at North Brother Island. Mary was forced to live in an island. Mary was persecuted unfairly and did not have a court trial. She was isolated for life for being a healthy carrier. Mary is portrayed as a vicious woman and someone who did not believe she was a carrier. The health officials requested Mary to have her gallbladder removed. Mary refused the request.