• 41:06 - 43:43
Dawn Lester & David Parker | What Really Makes Us Ill, Germ Theory, & The Four Factors
Failed Transmission Experiments and Koch's Postulates
The guests describe historical experiments where healthy individuals failed to contract the flu despite being coughed on by sick patients. They also critique Koch's Postulates, noting that the specific bacteria associated with diseases like tuberculosis or diphtheria are not always present in symptomatic patients. These discrepancies are used to argue that the germ theory of disease is unscientific.