Category talk:Typhoid Mary

This real-world reference is a little jarring to me. How about "Disease Carrier"? -- Gonzoron 15:49, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Actually, it is not as precise, for we wouldn't apply Typhoid Mary to natural lycanthropes but would apply Disease Carrier to them.

Who is say that there isn't Typhoid in Ravenloft? As to Marys, yes that one is rooted at the heart of the Christian tradition, still there must be one or two about. Is there a biologist in the house with a scientific name for a Typhonid Mary?Cure 19:40, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Strangely enough, the Aberrant Wererat has the Typhoid Rat extraordinary ability of being a Typhoid Mary. Now I don't like the rat part, especial, but perhaps we could replace Mary with something more Ravenloftish. Typhoid Eva?Cure 06:22, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

It's not so much the Typhoid or the Mary alone, but w:Typhoid Mary was a real person, who didn't exist in Ravenloft, as far as we know. Apparently, there's a technical term for it: w:Asymptomatic carrier or w:Healthy carrier, which wouldn't apply to lycanthropes. Want to use that? Or is it too scientific sounding? -- Gonzoron 15:50, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm more in favor of healthy carrier or even asymptomatic carrier. No one's going to be searching for them, but that's true of anything else we'd put, too. DeepShadow 16:20, 8 March 2010 (UTC)