Talk:Germ theory denialism

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Sorry, i had to do some of the background articles first. There's more, and perhaps User:TimS can help fix them up, but at least this way, this new article won't be full of red.--PalMD^{-Oy, mein tukhas!} 16:24, 3 October 2007 (EDT)

Most who question 'germ theory'

Most who question 'germ theory' do not deny the role germs play in illness, as the author above suggests. The argument is whether exposure to germs is the primary cause of disease or it is the compromised immune system that is the main factor. Everyone is exposed to germs regularly, but not everyone gets sick. Should medicine focus on attacking germs and disease when they strike, or boosting the immune system naturally through regular preventive care? Which model provides greater profits to the medical and big-phrama industry? Often it is the process of attacking germs that causes more disease. Why inject toxic mercury into our blood with a vaccine when for most the risk from the 'cure' is greater than the risk of the disease? At the end of his life, Pasteur admitted that it was not the germs that mattered, but the medium in which they lived. ^{— Unsigned, by: Jim1698 / talk / contribs}

Just two minor nitpicks here. Firstly; no vaccine actually injects mercury into anyone. Even vaccines that encounter mercury as part of a preservative produce undetectable levels of mercury in a patient. And I know what "undetectable levels" are. Other than that, does it matter what Pasteur "admitted" at all? Science and medicine have moved on in the last 100 years, you know. ^{d hominem} 18:19, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Jim1698 is JAQing off upon an unrelated topic; germ theory denialism is by definition those who deny the truth of germ theory, this being that microorganisms cause a number of illnesses in various ways, the most notable symptom of which is the immune system reaction against them. ListenerX^TalkerX 18:24, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Pasteur a shill for the wine industry?

Link on this? It's probably the most Poe-tastic shill gambit I can think of, except maybe "Geologist? Ha, you're just a shill for the pet rock industry!" Nebuchadnezzar (talk) 07:10, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Should we include Andrew Schlafly in the list of "germ theory deniers"?

After all, Andrew Schlafly did make inaccurate claims about handwashing, but did not outright say that germs do not cause disease.--Jry2001 (talk) 01:30, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Could you provide your citations here so we can decide? Reverend Black Percy (talk) 15:17, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

I added the citations. Bongolian (talk) 19:29, 23 June 2019 (UTC)