DYK during #CrimeanWar (1853–6), #FlorenceNightingale anticipated #LouisPasteur’s #GermTheory & showed cleanliness was key to nursing & #PersonalHygiene? 1861’s U.S. Sanitary Commission made it an #AmericanStandard. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #FemaleLeadership #WmnHist
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
DYK during #CrimeanWar (1853–6), #FlorenceNightingale anticipated #LouisPasteur’s #GermTheory & showed cleanliness was key to nursing & #PersonalHygiene? 1861’s U.S. Sanitary Commission made it an #AmericanStandard. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #FemaleLeadership #WmnHist
“We have a #healthsecretary who isn’t just #anti-vaccine — he reportedly doesn’t accept the #germtheory of #disease, preferring the “ #miasmatheory” that was discredited by #LouisPasteur in the 19th century.” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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June 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“We have a #healthsecretary who isn’t just #anti-vaccine — he reportedly doesn’t accept the #germtheory of #disease, preferring the “ #miasmatheory” that was discredited by #LouisPasteur in the 19th century.” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Great info on germ theory and miasma theory.
#Healthcare #germtheory #miasmatheory
@ylepidemiologist.bsky.social
#Healthcare #germtheory #miasmatheory
@ylepidemiologist.bsky.social
The rise of a new form of germ theory denial
But did they have any underlying conditions?
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May 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Great info on germ theory and miasma theory.
#Healthcare #germtheory #miasmatheory
@ylepidemiologist.bsky.social
#Healthcare #germtheory #miasmatheory
@ylepidemiologist.bsky.social
But if you're masking up because you're a surgeon or anesthesiologist or other medical professional -- or a person with a weak immune system -- please proceed, even if it hides your face. #GermTheory
May 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
But if you're masking up because you're a surgeon or anesthesiologist or other medical professional -- or a person with a weak immune system -- please proceed, even if it hides your face. #GermTheory
Have you checked that your humours are balanced today?
#NaturalSelection #NaturalExperiment #GermTheory #NepoBabyDipshits
#NaturalSelection #NaturalExperiment #GermTheory #NepoBabyDipshits
April 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Have you checked that your humours are balanced today?
#NaturalSelection #NaturalExperiment #GermTheory #NepoBabyDipshits
#NaturalSelection #NaturalExperiment #GermTheory #NepoBabyDipshits
#DrSteingraber: “What it’s like to be a biologist in 2025:
First they came for #Darwin and I had to fight the #creationists. And then they called “ #CO2plantfood” and I had to fight the #climatedeniers. Then they came for the #germtheory of disease, and I am fucking exhausted.”
#Measels
First they came for #Darwin and I had to fight the #creationists. And then they called “ #CO2plantfood” and I had to fight the #climatedeniers. Then they came for the #germtheory of disease, and I am fucking exhausted.”
#Measels
What it’s like to be a biologist in 2025:
First they came for Darwin and I had to fight the creationists. And then they called CO2 plant food and I had to fight the climate deniers. Then they came for the germ theory of disease, and I am fucking exhausted.
First they came for Darwin and I had to fight the creationists. And then they called CO2 plant food and I had to fight the climate deniers. Then they came for the germ theory of disease, and I am fucking exhausted.
July 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
#DrSteingraber: “What it’s like to be a biologist in 2025:
First they came for #Darwin and I had to fight the #creationists. And then they called “ #CO2plantfood” and I had to fight the #climatedeniers. Then they came for the #germtheory of disease, and I am fucking exhausted.”
#Measels
First they came for #Darwin and I had to fight the #creationists. And then they called “ #CO2plantfood” and I had to fight the #climatedeniers. Then they came for the #germtheory of disease, and I am fucking exhausted.”
#Measels
1/ There’s a growing movement quietly undermining one of the most established scientific ideas: #germtheory —the fact that viruses and bacteria cause disease. YLE contributor @kmpanthagani.bsky.social breaks it down in her most recent health (mis)communication post -- let's talk about it 🧵
May 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
1/ There’s a growing movement quietly undermining one of the most established scientific ideas: #germtheory —the fact that viruses and bacteria cause disease. YLE contributor @kmpanthagani.bsky.social breaks it down in her most recent health (mis)communication post -- let's talk about it 🧵
My dad, born in the '20s, was 1 of 5 children. 2 made it to adulthood.
#Science
#GermTheory
#Medicine
#Vaccines
#PublicHealth
#Science
#GermTheory
#Medicine
#Vaccines
#PublicHealth
September 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
My dad, born in the '20s, was 1 of 5 children. 2 made it to adulthood.
#Science
#GermTheory
#Medicine
#Vaccines
#PublicHealth
#Science
#GermTheory
#Medicine
#Vaccines
#PublicHealth
RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory https://arstechni.ca... #Infectiousdisease #robertfkennedyjr #anti-vaccine #germtheory #Science #Health #miasma #fauci
April 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory https://arstechni.ca... #Infectiousdisease #robertfkennedyjr #anti-vaccine #germtheory #Science #Health #miasma #fauci
Robert F Kennedy Jr is a #germtheory denier, so he goes swimming in a sewage-polluted creek. And denying that basic tenet of modern medicine leads to his being anti- #vaccine. www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...
RFK Jr is a germ theory denier, so he swims in sewage
Germ theory denier Robert F Kennedy Jr decided to go swim in a contaminated creek in DC, exposing himself to pathogens.
www.skepticalraptor.com
May 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Robert F Kennedy Jr is a #germtheory denier, so he goes swimming in a sewage-polluted creek. And denying that basic tenet of modern medicine leads to his being anti- #vaccine. www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...
July 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Folks, I give you a buffoon with ZERO medical education... the US Secretary of Health & Human Services.
☑️ RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory - Ars Technica
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
#rfkjr #germtheory #trump
☑️ RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory - Ars Technica
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
#rfkjr #germtheory #trump
RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory - Ars Technica
In his 2021 book vilifying Anthony Fauci, RFK Jr. lays out support for an alternate theory.
arstechnica.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Folks, I give you a buffoon with ZERO medical education... the US Secretary of Health & Human Services.
☑️ RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory - Ars Technica
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
#rfkjr #germtheory #trump
☑️ RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory - Ars Technica
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
#rfkjr #germtheory #trump
While #LouisPasteur’s work on #germtheory was influential, it’s important to note that raw milk consumption is not recommended (H5N1 avian flu virus survived in raw dairy milk kept under refrigerated conditions for at least 5 weeks,
August 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
While #LouisPasteur’s work on #germtheory was influential, it’s important to note that raw milk consumption is not recommended (H5N1 avian flu virus survived in raw dairy milk kept under refrigerated conditions for at least 5 weeks,
RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory #Science #HealthandMedicine #InfectiousDiseases #GermTheory #PublicHealth #RFKJr
RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory
With the rise of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., brain worms have gotten a bad rap. A year ago, the long-time anti-vaccine advocate and current US health secretary famously told The New York Times that a parasitic...
purescience.news
April 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory #Science #HealthandMedicine #InfectiousDiseases #GermTheory #PublicHealth #RFKJr
#Measles transmission:
No, immigrants from Central & South America do NOT bring it into the U.S.
Nearly all outbreaks in the last 10+ years where the first case is known, it was US residents who brought it home after traveling to places with low vaccination rates. Details in comments.
#GermTheory
No, immigrants from Central & South America do NOT bring it into the U.S.
Nearly all outbreaks in the last 10+ years where the first case is known, it was US residents who brought it home after traveling to places with low vaccination rates. Details in comments.
#GermTheory
May 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
#Measles transmission:
No, immigrants from Central & South America do NOT bring it into the U.S.
Nearly all outbreaks in the last 10+ years where the first case is known, it was US residents who brought it home after traveling to places with low vaccination rates. Details in comments.
#GermTheory
No, immigrants from Central & South America do NOT bring it into the U.S.
Nearly all outbreaks in the last 10+ years where the first case is known, it was US residents who brought it home after traveling to places with low vaccination rates. Details in comments.
#GermTheory
Germ theory revolutionized public health in the late 19th century. Improved sanitation, water systems, handwashing, and medicine pushed U.S. life expectancy from 47 years in 1900 to 78.4 years by 2023. #PublicHealth #GermTheory #SanitaryRevolution
October 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Germ theory revolutionized public health in the late 19th century. Improved sanitation, water systems, handwashing, and medicine pushed U.S. life expectancy from 47 years in 1900 to 78.4 years by 2023. #PublicHealth #GermTheory #SanitaryRevolution
Step into the era that transformed #healthcare. Test your skills by matching breakthroughs in #Anesthesia, #GermTheory, #Epidemiology, and more in this 1700–1900 #medical advances challenge. Play now 👉 buff.ly/wI8m7MU #health
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Step into the era that transformed #healthcare. Test your skills by matching breakthroughs in #Anesthesia, #GermTheory, #Epidemiology, and more in this 1700–1900 #medical advances challenge. Play now 👉 buff.ly/wI8m7MU #health
From Roman Baths to Microbes: The Unforeseen Paths of Ancient Hygiene and the Rise of Germ Theory
#GermTheory #AncientHygiene #PublicHealth #ScienceHistory #FactRage #FactRageNews
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#GermTheory #AncientHygiene #PublicHealth #ScienceHistory #FactRage #FactRageNews
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Unpacking Germ Theory: How Ancient Cleanliness Practices Foreshadowed and Diverged from Modern Science
Explore how ancient cleanliness rituals had surprising public health implications before germ theory, examining their intentionality and effectiveness.
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August 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
From Roman Baths to Microbes: The Unforeseen Paths of Ancient Hygiene and the Rise of Germ Theory
#GermTheory #AncientHygiene #PublicHealth #ScienceHistory #FactRage #FactRageNews
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#GermTheory #AncientHygiene #PublicHealth #ScienceHistory #FactRage #FactRageNews
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