My health problems are supposedly due to a virus, and I’m beginning to think that just might be the case, but before anyone jumps to conclusions, let me explain.
The word virus has been in use for more than six centuries, though the first infectious pathogen to be named as one–the tobacco mosaic virus–was discovered only in 1898.
So, what was being referred to by the word “virus” for centuries before that time?
The word virus originally meant toxin or poison in Latin. Knowing that helps me postulate how those kinds of viruses–i.e. toxins and poisons–might play a role in causing poor health in certain groups of people.
As Michael and I were driving to breakfast the other day, one of the Saturday morning talk shows on NPR was joking about mosquitoes in Madison. My mind flashes back to days of my youth, growing up on a farm near the (ahem) wholesome, rural farming community of Colby, Kansas, on the arid High Plains of the United States.
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There are scientists who are challenging this and other paradigms, but they are up against the Scientism, which is really more like a religion.
That's another post entirely.