Disease Quote by Jill Lepore

If the ‘germ theory of disease’ were correct, there’d be no one living to believe it.

— B. J. Palmer

It is time to lay to rest the notion that germs jump into people and cause diseases.

— E. Cheraskin

“Her mother's theory about germs was that one had to ingest and touch as many as possible in order to build up a healthy…

— Libby Schmais

“And the connections we have progressively built between human societies not only link old germ pools, but more profoundly they have turned separate groups…

— Kyle Harper

Maybe one way to think about it would be in the context of the historical development of germ theory. The problem of childbed fever…

— Laura Mullen

There is a striking parallel between the spreading of germs and the spreading of ideas or propaganda. On the one hand we are dealing…

— Andre Siegfried

A disease of the mind, [whose] germ is the idea that one may learn that which is valuable, or in any way acquire virtue,…

— Kingsley Martin

Like many great ideas in biology, the idea implicating infectious causation in chronic diseases, though simple, has far-reaching implications. It is so simple and…

— Paul W. Ewald

I think that the discoveries of antibiotics and vaccines have contributed to the improvement of the quality of life, making it possible to prevent…

— Shinya Yamanaka

“Your frequent claim that we must understand religious belief as a “social construct,” produced by “societal causes,” dependent upon “social and cultural institutions,” admitting…

— Sam Harris

Infectious disease exists at this intersection between real science, medicine, public health, social policy, and human conflict. There's a tendency of people to try…

— Andrea Barrett

“The body will destroy the germs of a physical illness within a week; but the mind will preserve germs of morbidity or fear for…

— Colin Wilson