Which really isn't much of an excuse. There are decades of accepted best practices to responsibly disclosing and discussing cases like this in a professional and non-identifying manner that does not compromise their healthcare or their privacy.

We're also not talking about 2 women or even 20, it's over two hundred. Lots of wiggle room there, there are probably smaller groups of people in the USA afflicted by random diseases discussed in depth with much vigor and zeal at medical conferences each month with no such complaints.