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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] T156@lemmy.world 34 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It kind of mirrors the story of Typhoid Mary in a way, where it's thought that one of the reasons why she kept going back to work as a cook, spreading Typhoid fever, was because she was homeless and on the verge of poverty.

Presumably, if she had been offered an out that wasn't being institutionalised, and locked up on an island for indefinite quarantine, or risky surgery, she might have taken it, and the story would have never panned out.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You're not "on the verge of poverty" if you're homeless. You're living in poverty.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works -3 points 10 months ago

I don't think that's exactly true depending on the time period.