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misconceptions@a2mi.social ("Common Misconceptions Bot") wrote:

Mary Mallon, known as " Typhoid Mary ", testified at her 1909 trial that she did not believe she was contagious while an asymptomatic carrier of the bacteria Salmonella typhi. She later infected many others, while using fake names and evading health authorities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%5Fof%5Fcommon%5Fmisconceptions%5Fabout%5Fhistory#United%5FStates