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Was originated by Hippocrates in the 5th century, so yes it’s “outdated”.

surreal! o jornalismo dos EUA vai publicar doisladismo até na fila do campo de concentração

It’s discredited, you pathetic dogs. Do you lick your assholes clean or just let the shit stay there

Well yes ofc but I meant when it was discredited.

Wow, super work, NPR. I learned about that *3 months ago* on here, and he actually believes in a related but different horrible myth. Also, widely *accepted I used to think you were a trustworthy, high quality news source. bsky.app/profile/czed...

And yet, he still serves an administration that will be unleashing levels of pollution in our air not seen in 50 years.

Throwback to the Middle Ages, when life was brutish and very short.

Are we sane washing RFK Jr. now? That's certainly what I'm hearing.

You say "outdated" when I think you mean "disproven bullshit"

“the widely accepted ‘earth is round’ theory”

next he'll be telling us to produce phlogiston and measure the ridges in our brainpans

NPR is part of the reason why utter morons like Trump, Hegseth, and RFJ Jr. are in power, because the nonsense they peddle in has been normalized by legacy media outlets exactly like what you're seeing above.

So is he also into the theory of "humours" in the body and how the celestial bodies affect them? Are all current treatments going to be replaced by leeches and cupping? Are all diseases now caused by witches putting the evil eye on people? WHY IS A MEDIEVAL MONK RUNNING OUR HEALTH SYSTEM?

As someone who took a biology class in 7th grade, I have to say @npr.org , your grasp of science sucks. Do better.

I think the brain worm and the many years of doing drugs is a better explanation of why RFK Jr is doing IDIOTIC THINGS!

"outdated"? this is the level of journal you have sunk to? It's like saying using leechs is just outdated!!!!

You mean the outdated and discredited centuries old one?

I do wish you'd gone a little stronger with the century-and-a-half of scientific study that has supported the germ theory over the miasma theory. The GOP trying to make America antebellum again is really concerning.

Hmm, did it get updated? A skim of Wikipedia suggests it may be called a Law, but is also predicated by theoretical constructs. Been a long time since I had to know what it takes to reach Law status.

It was called a law back when we thought that there could be things like physical laws. So it's a habit.

It's both. The theory of gravity describes the overall concept. The law of gravity is the mathematical statement that describes how that concept works.

I was told that a hypothesis is an idea that hasn't been tested or proven, a theory is something that has evidence in its favor but can't be directly proven, and a law is something that has been directly proven through evidence.

Look up what a scientific theory is.

Still, we are all free to ignore the contentious and vexed Theory of Gravity.

“HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr believes a thing only idiots believe”

Completely debunked and abandoned since the 1800s miasma hypothesis

"A scientific theory isn't just a guess, it's more like a question that's been put through lots of tests." ~ They Might Be Giants, "Science is Real"

He’s also just like not a doctor or anything

There’s still time to delete this post

DISPROVEN. FACTS. you don't have to both sides this, it's not a quirky little story; it will affects the lives and deaths of actual people.

NPR, WTF??? Seriously. W.T.A.F?????? I rely on you for real news...not this Putin-style propaganda bullshit. Have some self-respect and do the right thing. They are going to cut your funding no matter what. Whatever they are dangling, don't trust this grifter regime. FFS.

You mean “debunked”?

He is absolutely bonkers. We’ve got to get him removed or we’re all be at risk of dying from currently preventable / treatable diseases and conditions.

Maybe you could point out which theory is correct and scientifically proven?

Another example of Trump administration stupidity. His whole life has been a series of dysfunctional, idiotic decisions and dumb choices.

He won't restore your funding no matter how much you suck up to the idiots in his admin.

Are words like "discredited" and "scientific consensus" excluded from NPR's style guide?

Well Mr. Secretary... My theory that RFK Jr is actually a 7-11 hotdog that sat on the rollers so long that it became semi-sentient has just as much supporting data.

Just say he's crazy stupid and be done with it.

Or 🤔 🐛 on 🧠?

This is why I have trouble feeling sorry for them when I hear them pleading for donations from listeners because their federal funding is being slashed (even though I don't want their funding to be slashed). They helped normalize and prop up the exact people who are now destroying them.

gotta be farming that engagement, baby

For. Real.

I won’t be getting my “news” from NPR.

*put

He’s brain damaged. That explains his thinking.

Do some journalism. “Health Secretary goes mad, believes in 17th century medicine”.

It's not outdated it's junk, but at least there are quotes around "theory."

Don’t give them ideas…. :)

Outdated? That’s the way you’re describing it? Are you fucking kidding me?

Wow that’s crazy

The word you need to learn to write a more effective headline is: WRONG Also acceptable here, incorrect, antediluvian, dumbass

It's wild how accurate "The Wheel of Time" is in our current reality.

The only reason I even know about "miasma" "theory" is from building characters to perform at medieval and renaissance faires... ...we are actively trying to return to the dark ages. This is madness.

This really put my humors out of balance

The New Science 🤣🤣🤣

When miasma was still mainstream London didn't discover basic plumbing yet

Just because it failed for the Neanderthals doesn't mean we shouldn't try it again

Then, he does not believe in science, which is a common theme in the MAGA world.

Might explain? He has a worm in his brain and he was a drug addict for 14 years! Fixed it for ya. I ❤️ NPR.

Man, with more headlines like this, I may want to defund you guys soon.

it's germ theory, not "germ theory". And outdated?! David Duke embraces the outdated theory of white racial supremacy... See the issue?

How long before he claims autism is caused by unbalanced humors?

It's not "Widely accepted" guys. Stop pulling punches. There's no germ theory debate. The headline you're looking for is "RFK Jr believes in complete nonsense abandoned centuries ago in place of the core premise of modern medicine."

The crowd you’re trying to appease wants you dead in salted earth.

They’ve been whitewashing fascism for YEARS

The US are an open sky asylum.

And yet he doesn’t believe in face masks. 😷 🤣

You guys really suck these days.

False, long-disproven theory. You’re not going to get federal funding back. So do better if you want the public to send you money.

"Health" "Secretary"

Good god. Why not "vapors" and "humors" too.

Has been for decades now. He publicized Andrew Wakefield's thimerosal quackery in _Rolling Stone_, got a taste of fame among American woo believers, and he's just as addicted to it now as he was to heroin.

Hey @npr.org, Gregg Girvan is not a health expert. Wtf are you doing platforming him? Both siding the issue? There is no place for this type of thing in science reporting. DO BETTER.

In all fairness, plague doctors were using the best information and tools at hand to go into scary, plague filled places to try and help sick people. That was the scary looking PPE of their day. Which is to say, they were not the problem during the plague.

Germ theory in scare quotes? REALLY?

Sadly for them, not quite that far back. John Snow did his cholera thing in the 1850s. Koch and Pastuer were late 1800s

It didn't die of old age. It was disproven. But the article shows RFK Jr isn't really embracing that, he's just embracing pseudo-science over science, and calling it "gold standard".

Not just "not prominent". Decisively proven to be false something like a century and a half ago.

Or how beyond a theory germ theory is

It's not just outdated it's freakin ancient, like 5th century BC ancient

www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021...

Unless were in an isekai anime.

Excellent book about the London Cholera epidemic of the 1800s and the beginnings of epidemiology. People continued to believe in the miasma theory even after it was debunked.

He’s. Nuts. That’s is what explains him.

An honest headline would be - RFK jr is a man from the past who doesn’t believe in science

Unfortunately for everyone, it appears to be an opinion held at the highest levels of us government. I disagree with framing this article as "peddling miasma theory." This article is highlighting that people in charge are think-tank purchased idiots.

It's really only the last paragraph and the summary that are at all objectionable. The rest of the piece is just good sober reporting, not stooping to name calling but not pulling its punches (much). But that last paragraph shoulda been, "Gregg, who has never touched a microscope, whined that..."

I just re-read the article for a fourth time following your comment. The only lie I can find is in the both-sidsing quote from a think tank, which comes after the article says germ theory replaces miasma theory, and quotes from experts calling miasma theory dangerous

Shut up

garbage ...

Does he know we've, like, learned more stuff since 4th century BC? I looked it up: "If a person survived childhood, they could expect to live longer, potentially into their 40s or 50s" So he'd be super dead by now

It was outdated and proved wrong back when Queen Victoria ruled the British Empire.

That's understating it. It was 'outdated' by the 1880s! This is like going backwards 150 years.

"Widely accept"? It's just *true*, dammit.

In other words he is cuckoo.

Don’t you fucking know the difference between a “scientific theory” and a “my second cousin has a theory that tornadoes are attracted to trailer parks” kind of theory?

Wow @npr.org 🙄 Don’t you just mean the germ theory of disease - our effective, evidence-based understanding? 🦠 What’s holding you back from acknowledging reality here? 🙃💰🙄

His vaccine views are they way they are because he's a eugenicist who wants to kill people.

I i really hate the worst science journalists, some of whom have enjoyed tremendous career success, but I simply don't think that's true. There are people who love science and wind up writing about it. If I weren't doing it, I might be writing about it.