The recent “outbreak” of lung injuries reported nationwide has become a cause for concern, and health officials in Utah are pointing the blame at THC, a component of cannabis. The media spotlight and government alarm bells, however, seem a bit out of balance.
Remember Typhoid Mary? In the early 1900s, she was a New York City cook for seven different families. A woman in seemingly perfect health, the families she served contracted typhoid fever as she went from one to the next. Though she infected only a few dozen people in total, she was forced to spend nearly three decades in quarantine and became a popular sensation due to the controversy and fear.