To: DallasBiff
”He submitted a paper to the Royal Society in 1797 describing his experiment, but was told that his ideas were too revolutionary and that he needed more proof.“ Sounds like Fauci may have had a British ancestor.
7 posted on
04/16/2020 3:16:12 AM PDT by
noiseman
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.`)
To: noiseman
I think the Royal Society gave an award that year to a doctor who bled his patients with leeches.
9 posted on
04/16/2020 3:32:52 AM PDT by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
To: noiseman
"He submitted a paper to the Royal Society in 1797 describing his experiment, but was told that his ideas were too revolutionary and that he needed more proof."
Lister's ideas were also mocked by the medical profession: "Lister's ideas were mocked; and again, in 1873, the medical journal The Lancet warned the entire medical profession against his progressive ideas." – Wikipedia article on Joseph Lister.
21 posted on
04/16/2020 9:20:28 AM PDT by
Hiddigeigei
("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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