RS: What is the difference between a "germ" and a "fungus"?
Paul
On Jul 23, 1:21 pm, schu...@mail.biu.ack.il (Richard Schultz) wrote:
> In article <lMIhk.21980$IK1.16...@news-server.bigpond.net.au>, Carole <hub...@iimetro.com.au> wrote:
>
> :> Why don't *you* do the experiment that disproves the "cell salt" theory?
> :> Why don't you at least read a book on elementary chemistry, from which
> :> you will get enough information to be able to understand why the "cell
> :> salt" theory is absurd on the face of it, as you will have an opportunity
> :> to learn about the difference between "oxidation" and "reduction," and why
> :> the concentration of sulfate in the body is unlikely to be very high?
>
> : I have never done any study in chemistry.
>
> That's no excuse. Peter Bowditch will correct me if I'm wrong, but I
> was under the impression that, surprising as it may seem, there actually
> are bookshops in Australia.
>
> :> : I can get rid of athletes foot by taking sodium, potassium and calcium
> :> : it disproves the germ theory.
>
> :> I have never seen any claim that athlete's foot is caused by "germs" --
> :> it is caused by a fungus. But if you're taking enough sodium, potassium,
> :> and calcium to begin with, how do you get athlete's foot in the first
> :> place?
>
> : Athletes foot is caused by a fungus. But my point is that I can get rid of
> : contagion including fungi, parasites and germs with cellsalts. I'm not sure
> : how far it goes but it works for me so far.
>
> You haven't answered my question -- nor do you seem to understand the
> difference between a "germ" and a "fungus."
>
> :> : I don't have anything to do with PeterB -- he doesn't believe in
> :> : cellsalts or the soil theory from what I know.
>
> :> It's an interesting coincidence that the two of you seem to arrive and
> :> depart pretty much at the same time.
>
> : You say that PeterB and I come and go at the same time.
> : He probably gets tired of the topics same as I do which seem to be more
> : oriented to conventional medicine than alternative.
>
> :> : But he is Australian. Does that mean that everybody who posts from
> :> : israel is one of your sock puppets?
>
> :> Since his posts don't originate from Australia, your knowledge that he is
> :> Australian is prima facie evidence that either you are a PeterB sock
> :> puppet, or that the two of you are much better acquainted with one
> :> another than you would have us believe.
>
> : Well I thought he was Australian but it doesn't make any difference.
> : I thought I read somewhere he was from Australia, whereas most of the people
> : who post in this ng are in the US.
>
> What is the sound of one foot backpedalling?
>
> -----
> Richard Schultz schu...@mail.biu.ac.il
> Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
> Opinions expressed are mine alone, and not those of Bar-Ilan University
> -----
> "You don't even have a clue about which clue you're missing."