Vaccination Mary

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I found the book on Typhoid Mary very interesting mostly because, at least in the introduction, it mentioned how we can apply her spread of Typhoid to many other aspects of modern society. Namely, HIV, but even can be applied to the health care system that is a focus of public debate even now. Imagining as the author of Typhoid Mary puts it that we are at the mercy of public health problems, and must admit that even in better health care things can come up that puts us at risk. I was put in the group for chapter 3 where we read about the legal analysis of Typhoid Mary. It was interesting to see the transition of time once again in the interpretation of law, and even the constitution over time. Things that in colonial days would have been ignored now were infringed upon with Mary Mallon. The particular quote I enjoyed was “a preference for social control over individual autonomy” that encapsulates the modern day safety through health separation. This further made me think of other debates in modern politics. This applies to the debate on vaccinations that has caused quite a bit of contention. As Armando put it in his post about his historical event last week “That being said, this game is a great way to get people’s attention about an event that they will hopefully learn more about.” I think that Typhoid Mary is a good way to segway interest into modern day health systems.

Bibliography: http://courses.shroutdocs.org/hist300a-fall2016/archives/801