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Conversations with Dr. Cowan & Friends | Ep 1: Dr. Andy Kaufman

Conversations with Dr. Cowan & Friends

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Virology Disproved Itself

Virology has encountered significant challenges in demonstrating a clear causative relationship between viruses and disease. Despite efforts to filter, isolate, and purify suspected pathogens, experiments aimed at introducing these agents into healthy animals have often failed to produce illness. For example, attempts to infect hamsters and monkeys with purified viruses yielded no results, highlighting the gap between isolation and pathogenicity. In the case of polio, researchers resorted to extreme measures, including using the brains of deceased infected infants, yet even direct injection into monkeys only occasionally resulted in observable effects. This raises questions about the foundational assumptions of virology and suggests that established methods may not adequately validate the existence or causative role of viruses in disease processes.

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