Entraînement à la Grammaire Anglaise à Distance

Back Story New York Times 27.03.2018.

On this day in 1915, Mary Mallon, nicknamed Typhoid Mary, was placed in quarantine (1) for the second time in New York City. Though she never displayed any symptoms of the disease (2), she would be confined for the rest of her life. In 1906, health officials tied Ms. Mallon to outbreaks of typhoid fever in seven wealthy families for whom she had worked as a cook. She was confirmed to be a carrier of the disease and quarantined. Doctors released her (3) in 1910 under the condition that she no longer work as a cook. Shortly after, she disappeared (4). Ms. Mallon was found in 1915 by officials investigating a typhoid outbreak in a Manhattan hospital. She had been working (5) there as a cook, under an assumed name. She was then quarantined for 23 years, until her death in 1938 after a stroke. During her life, the public was fascinated by Ms. Mallon. She often appeared in news stories and cartoons, with one depicting her frying skulls in a pan. She was frustrated (6) by the attention and by her captivity, once describing herself as "a peep show for everybody." Her case is often cited during public health crises, such as the Ebola epidemic, in debates over officials' power to quarantine people they believe (7) carry diseases (8).