Saying no to germ theory.

[RockinSAHD]

Maybe, thats an interesting quote, have a look at this:

My first encounter with one of these people was when a chiropractor told me, “Germs don’t cause disease: if they did, we’d all be dead.” He believed all disease was caused by misalignments of the spine. He had never been immunized. He said he simply could not catch any infectious disease as long as he kept his spine straight. He was so convinced germs couldn’t hurt him that he would be willing to walk into the midst of an Ebola epidemic with no protection. He knew he would emerge unscathed.

I told her that the smallpox virus can be seen on electron microscopy of the fluid from the blisters. She said it was just cellular debris. I told her the smallpox and chickenpox viruses are distinctive and have been fully analyzed and can be easily told apart. Their entire genomes have been sequenced. No one could possibly confuse them with cellular debris. She wasn’t convinced. She quoted Dr. Vivian Vetrano:

As Natural Hygienists, we know that there is no such thing as a viral disease. There are simply states of impaired health with cell degeneration. That the virus is an entity and that it occasions cellular degeneration is a moot question. The so-called viruses may simply be the various toxic debris that Hygienists have been condemning and shouting about for many years. Not wanting to keep the toxin in the bloodstream, the body may find a means of encapsulating it in a protein membrane and injecting it into a cell to get it out of the bloodstream. Eventually these toxins pervert the metabolism of the cell and cause cellular degeneration. The virus may be only encapsulated protein, the body having surrounded it with a membrane to prevent an excess from upsetting the system. The modern high protein diet may be the reason for so-called viral infections.

RFL went on to explain that

Smallpox is a disease that is instituted by and for the body for purposes of body purification. Its causes are the same as all other diseases — toxemia. Therefore, it cannot be transmitted and it cannot be “prevented” by means of injecting serums or poisons into the bloodstream.

I'm not judging any of this, I'm trying to keep an open mind. I'm still assuming this is what the person meant, as this is the other side from what I believe about disease. If your thinking that I'm taking the ****, I have to remind you that until recently I assumed that people who didn't vaccinate were confused but I've come to realise that intelligent and well thought out people come into this category too.

[Yeddi]

Wow they're some interesting quotes. What exactly about a straight spine would protect against disease? By that token, shouldn't those with scoliosis be riddled with disease? That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Perhaps not Cellular theory...

[Phteven]

Quickest way to test it would be to ask Mr straight spine to snort a line of anthrax spores. One suspects he'd have a good excuse for not doing it....

shouldn't those with scoliosis be riddled with disease?

I have scoliosis. Not so that you can notice it unless you're looking but any Dr can see it on an X-ray. I have never had any health issues or an illness more severe than chicken pox.

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

ROFL Onyx

On the spine thing, I've just started going to a chiro, and while filling out the forms it asked if I had any fertility problems. I asked why they needed to know, I mean, what could chiro do?! But apparently if the spine isn't correctly aligned, it can put pressure on the nerves controlling different areas of our body, so the signals from the brain can't get through properly. I wonder if that's what he was suggesting, that compressing the wrong nerve would affect the immune system?

[melbel]

There is a strong belief among chiropractors that everything is related to spinal alignment....it makes sense to a point as every message from the brain controlling all aspects of bodily function from gross motor right down to cellular processes, travels down the spinal cord and then branches out to the various areas of the body. If you have a subluxation in any area of the spine the nerve function can be impinged. I know myself I get a lot of relief from a severe, chronic stomach condition I have, which is clinically related to damage to the vagus nerve, from chiropractic adjustment. It is a huge leap to suggest that all it takes to resist ALL disease is a straight spine.....if it is I am screwed cos mine certainly isn't!