The sincerest form of fakery. Throughout human history, those who have suffered noticeable signs of disease have been treated as outcasts and pariahs. This was most famously seen with those who suffered from the condition known as leprosy. These unfortunate souls, who primarily lived in poor, unsanitary conditions, were often covered in ulcers, boils, and… Continue reading The Syphilis Scam Part 3: Imitation Game
Category: Bacteria
The Syphilis Scam Part 2: Ricord’s Ruse
Setting the Stage. As syphilis is not really as common of a disease as it used to be prior to its replacement by HIV as the most (in)famous STD in the 1980’s, my guess is that most people are unfamiliar with how this illness supposedly works. I know that I, for one, was entirely unaware… Continue reading The Syphilis Scam Part 2: Ricord’s Ruse
The Syphilis Scam Part 1: Koch’s Postulates Satisfied?
The one disease which ruled them all. Syphilis is a disease that I had never given much thought about for the majority of my life. I was born at a time when syphilis was moved aside as the big, bad sexually transmitted disease in order to make room for its successor to the throne in… Continue reading The Syphilis Scam Part 1: Koch’s Postulates Satisfied?
TB or not TB?
Where is the “infection?” One of the reasons I like to engage with people who challenge me about pathogenic “viruses” and bacteria is that I always come away with something new from these discussions. I find that I often uncover evidence that I had not previously come across before while searching to find relevant information… Continue reading TB or not TB?
Koch’s Cholera Catastrophe
The abandonment of logic. In 1877, German bacteriologist Robert Koch formulated a series of logical criteria that he felt were the necessary requirements that must be satisfied in order to establish a microorganism as the causative agent of disease. These steps were formally published in 1890, and are as follows: In 1952, Lester S. King,… Continue reading Koch’s Cholera Catastrophe
The Germ Hypothesis Part 2: Koch’s Crisis
In the first part of this investigation into the germ hypothesis, we established what exactly a hypothesis is supposed to be in regard to natural science, which is a proposed explanation for an observed natural phenomenon. We briefly touched on what led to Louis Pasteur conjuring up his explanation of disease through germs with his plagiarized work… Continue reading The Germ Hypothesis Part 2: Koch’s Crisis
The Germ Hypothesis Part 1: Pasteur’s Problems
According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the germ “theory” of disease, which states that certain diseases are caused by the invasion of the body by microorganisms too small to be seen, has “long been considered proved.” Harvard University says that the “theory” was “developed, proved, and popularized in Europe and North America between about 1850 and 1920.” Wikipedia claims that the… Continue reading The Germ Hypothesis Part 1: Pasteur’s Problems
Koch’s Postulates and the Great Asymptomatic Escape
“Even Koch had to modify or bend the strictest interpretation of the first postulate. Koch discovered asymptomatic carriers of Vibrio cholera and Salmonella typhi, yielding the important distinction between asymptomatic clinical colonization and infection. Thus the field of inquiry into the intricate host-pathogen relationship was born.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3775492/ There has been quite a bit of debate between those who… Continue reading Koch’s Postulates and the Great Asymptomatic Escape