Indeed, germ theory denial has long been a "strain" in alternative medicine and antivaccine "thought" (if you can call it that). I first wrote about it 11 years ago, and it is not surprising that #COVID19 cranks and antivaxxers have adopted it.https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/germ-theory-denialism-a-major-strain-in-alt-med-thought/ …
Australian skeptic @RatbagsDotCom wrote about the lie of Pasteur's "deathbed conversion" back in 2004. https://peterbowditch.com/comment/skeptic0409_pasteur.htm …
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Anyway, germ theory denial is nothing new. It's always been part and parcel of antivaccine beliefs. Think of it this way. If microbes don't cause disease by themselves, then vaccines are not necessary. So of course antivaxxers love germ theory denial.
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Among alternative medicine practitioners and believers, if the "terrain" is all and the germs are only a manifestation of a bad "terrain" or can only cause disease in a favorable terrain, then you can make yourself immune to disease if only you "fix" your "terrain."
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