Germ theory denialism and the magical mystical microbiome

Whenever I point out that a very common thread of “thought”—if you can call it “thought”—in alternative medicine is nothing more than germ theory denialism, the usual reaction is incredulity. Newbies who haven’t encountered quacks before invariably do a double take when I inform them that germ theory denialism is a thing, particularly among antivaccine…
Source: Respectful Insolence - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Biology Complementary and alternative medicine Pseudoscience Skepticism/critical thinking antibiotics Denialism germ theory Louis Pasteur microbiome Sayer Ji vaccines Source Type: blogs