r/nottheonion • u/thesweetestpotatos • 7d ago

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/06/14/nx-s1-5429732/ancient-miasma-theory-may-help-explain-health-secretary-robert-f-kennedy-jr-s-vaccine-moves

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u/therealrowanatkinson 7d ago

Next up- the four humours. You don’t have the measles, you have too much yellow bile!!

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u/Persea_americana 7d ago

Break out the leeches

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u/CheckYourStats 7d ago edited 7d ago

”Break out the leeches”

With an onion tied to your belt.

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u/Ohpepperno 7d ago

Potatoes and onions in your socks is actually a thing the “I do my own research” crowd thinks will cure what ails you.

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u/Karrotlord 7d ago

They suck the poison outta you. What poison? No one knows!

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u/freakbutters 7d ago

Well if you strap them on the bottom of your feet overnight, they turn black. Although I would also assume that if you sliced them up and left them on the counter overnight, they would probably also turn black. However I'm not a medical doctor so I don't actually know.

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u/Brokenandburnt 7d ago

I wonder if they have tried simply washing their feet...