A growing movement claims that bacteria and viruses don't actually cause disease,

that Louis Pasteur recanted germ theory on his deathbed, and that everything from the flu to

COVID-19 is actually caused by poor nutrition and electromagnetic radiation.

With these ideas now influencing public

health policy at the highest levels of government, it's worth examining the evidence. Today on

Skeptoid, we look at the case against germ theory and ask, is one of the foundational principles

of modern medicine actually built on a lie? And in our extended content for premium members, the backstory on the foundation led by the authors of the contagion myth.

That's coming up on Skeptoid.

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Is germ theory a myth?

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