They think they’ve debunked the Koch’s postulates thing so in case it comes up, here’s River’s postulates (which supposedly are more useful and current:
That’s how I took it too. It’s a well cited book by an expert in her field and that’s the thesis of the book - that we’ve been totally misled about the true nature of viruses and germs. Almost nothing ever passes any form of these postulates and thus we need to rethink things like germ theory. She contends that illness comes from mineral deficiencies and the break down of our own cells en masse, not from dirty toilet seats. The Contagion Myth is the book.
How would she explain the phenomenon of natural immunity to some viruses? Once you catch it, you don't catch it again. And it's only for some diseases. Nutrient deficiency seems to not fit the bill in those cases. But colds and flus, yes I think those do fit under the nutrient deficiency explanation.
I’m only about a third of the way through it so not sure I can answer the question. Author’s name is Sally Fallon but at the moment, I’m having a hard time finding a link to the full pdf. Here’s a link to a summary I found though: link
They think they’ve debunked the Koch’s postulates thing so in case it comes up, here’s River’s postulates (which supposedly are more useful and current:
book quote
This is from a book called The Contagion Myth.
Am I interpreting that except correctly to mean that no virus has ever been proven by River's Postulates to cause a specific disease?
That’s how I took it too. It’s a well cited book by an expert in her field and that’s the thesis of the book - that we’ve been totally misled about the true nature of viruses and germs. Almost nothing ever passes any form of these postulates and thus we need to rethink things like germ theory. She contends that illness comes from mineral deficiencies and the break down of our own cells en masse, not from dirty toilet seats. The Contagion Myth is the book.
How would she explain the phenomenon of natural immunity to some viruses? Once you catch it, you don't catch it again. And it's only for some diseases. Nutrient deficiency seems to not fit the bill in those cases. But colds and flus, yes I think those do fit under the nutrient deficiency explanation.
I’m only about a third of the way through it so not sure I can answer the question. Author’s name is Sally Fallon but at the moment, I’m having a hard time finding a link to the full pdf. Here’s a link to a summary I found though: link