Germ theory denialism

From RationalWiki

Some alternative medicine advocates deny the validity of germ theory in medicine, believing that despite many, many validations of the work of Anton van Leeuwenhoek and Louis Pasteur that bacteria and viruses have no role in the etiology of infectious disease. While many cloak their denialism in other altie specialties such as naturopathy or chiropractic, others are more strident, often invoking conspiracy theories by the medical establishment and accusing Louis Pasteur in particular of fraud.

Germ theory deniers pop up in a number of different locales:

• Some HIV denial advocates also partially or completely discount germ theory.
• Dairy cranks who support the use of raw milk over pasteurized sometimes accuse Pasteur of being a shill for the French wine industry (a somewhat incoherent accusation that sometimes betrays a Prohibitionist streak).

Curiously, few of these people have shown a willingness to drink a glass of pathogen. Those that do do not always learn their lesson from the expected result.

S T U B (The Pet Goat ate it)