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Viruses Revisited
Imagine you were living in 1887. There was a lot of news about two of the highest acclaimed 'experts' in the field of diseases. People clung on to every word about how viruses and bacteria are single entities that are passed on through the population and make people very ill, which can only be cured by mass vaccination. This was quickly picked up by the Pharmaceutical companies.
Would you, at that time, have held Koch and Pasteur in High esteem?
How does that reflect in today's world?
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Originally Posted by
said
Imagine you were living in 1887. There was a lot of news about two of the highest acclaimed 'experts' in the field of diseases. People clung on to every word about how viruses and bacteria are single entities that are passed on through the population and make people very ill, which can only be cured by mass vaccination. This was quickly picked up by the Pharmaceutical companies.
Would you, at that time, have held Koch and Pasteur in High esteem?
How does that reflect in today's world?
Oz and Pia are concerned by the drop in entertainment value of your post.
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Originally Posted by
Desert Region
Oz and Pia are concerned by the drop in entertainment value of your post.
Duh! Is that the best you can come up with?
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Isn't it great that the world we live in now allows us access to information that would never have been made available or likely even known in 1887.
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Originally Posted by
said
Duh! Is that the best you can come up with?
Zuckerman and the Shadow People, too.
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The wonderous steamships will soon progress furiously to Manchester laden with exotic treats from the east.
I can report that there isn't much on the Stereoscope but I am assured my leech treatment has staved off consumption.
These are exciting times.
My Doctor has assured me that the vapours will soon be cured and women will soon be able to regain mental focus at all times.
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Originally Posted by
local
Isn't it great that the world we live in now allows us access to information that would never have been made available or likely even known in 1887.
Do we now have access to more information or more misinformation, which has risen more rapidly?
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Originally Posted by
Alikado
Do we now have access to more information or more misinformation, which has risen more rapidly?
Far far more information, disinformation can simply be what people simply disagree with.
Back in the times of Professor Said disinformation was rife and charlatans were many promoting quack cures and crazy notions (I think I may have inadvertently hit a nail or two)
Now you have many sources to check your information.
The Prof of course has secret sources.
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