Meaning of Typhoid Mary | Babel Free

Definitions

A person who carries and spreads a dangerous disease, especially one who refuses to cooperate to minimize the risk of infection.

Examples

““[…] Do you know what our great fear has been? That either the grayboys or the Ripley would find a Typhoid Mary, someone who could carry it and spread it without catching it him- or herself.””

“And it was a Google executive – Sheryl Sandberg – who played the role of Typhoid Mary, bringing surveillance capitalism from Google to Facebook, when she signed on as Mark Zuckerberg’s number two in 2008.”

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