The truth is that several hundred years ago, it had not yet been discovered that many diseases were caused by bacteria and viruses, and were transmissible by the passage of these tiny entities from an infected person to others. One of the causes that people thought might be responsible for disease was the imaginary 'influence' of the stars.Lem wrote: ↑Sun May 30, 2021 5:15 pmhobgoblin says:
May 11, 2021 at 5:47 am
‘Flu’ is not a transmissible disease, contrary to popular propaganda.
Several hundred years ago, it was discovered that some sicknesses were not transmissible, and were caused by an ‘influence’ so they were called ‘Influenca’ or now Influenza.
This is mainly electromagnetic pollution.
During the 19th century the germ theory of disease was proposed and tested so often and so convincingly that physicians abandoned the obsolete astrological theory of disease. To that we owe the sterilisation procedures, antibiotics and vaccines that have hugely reduced the incidence of many diseases that caused huge misery and death amongst mankind.
A terrible side effect of that is that pig-ignorant but self-confident people with no scientific or historical understanding have completely forgotten how risky life used to be, and feel free to talk nonsense about medical discoveries that have made their lives long, healthy and safe.