Posted: May 26, 2010 2:18 pm
by Elena
generalsemanticist wrote:She said

Bacteria or for the matter of fact any germ is not the cause of disease. It's the environment which plays the decisive role


Italics mine. To me this means both pathogens and environment are involved but she places more emphasis on the environment. But I'm just a semanticist, what do I know.

And that emphasis-with no contingency clauses- is misplaced, biologically speaking. ;)