Claude Bernard was another scientist who, like Béchamps, believed in "terrain theory." He had described the milieu intérieur, the interstitial fluids regarded as an internal environment in which the cells of the body are nourished and maintained in a state of equilibrium.
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Of course, as I described, there is no evidence whatsoever that Pasteur said any such thing on his deathbed.https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/germ-theory-denial-in-the-age-of-the-covid-19-pandemic/ …
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Australian skeptic
@RatbagsDotCom wrote about the lie of Pasteur's "deathbed conversion" back in 2004. https://peterbowditch.com/comment/skeptic0409_pasteur.htm …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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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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According to alternative medicine, fixing your terrain, of course, eating the correct diet, taking the correct supplements, doing the correct things. If you do those things, according to this view, you will be virtually immune to infectious disease because of your "terrain."
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What makes this view seductive is, of course, that there is a grain of truth in it. People with poor health are often more susceptible to infectious diseases (or to severe outcomes if they get sick). The problem, of course, is that perfectly healthy people can die of infection.
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I like to point out how the 1918 influenza pandemic got its start in the US in the barracks of a military base in Kansas among healthy young men.
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I'll finish with the most hilarious example of germ theory denial. It came from
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Costas' retort was hilarious. He rolled his eyes at
@billmaher and said, "Oh, come on, Superman!"https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/oh-come-on-superman-bill-maher-and-western-medicine/ …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
In any case, my go-to retort for anyone citing "terrain theory" as a reason why he's so resistant to #COVID19 or any other infectious disease is now, "Oh, come on, Superman!" /end
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I forgot to add. The germ theory denialist
@Facebook group that inspired the@arstechnica story by@BethMarieMole is really...something.pic.twitter.com/pOYIqX2J0u
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Thank you for you informative posts.
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