The Bacteriophage Debate and Virology Origins

The entire model for what you think a virus is was actually built on a total misunderstanding

of bacteria. We have been operating on a scientific blueprint that was cobbled together

to save a failing theory, and it all starts with something called the bacteriophage.

To understand how deep this goes, you have to look at where the word virus even comes

from. Back in the late 1800s, there was no proof that these invisible

pathogenic entities existed. The word literally meant poison in Latin.

When scientists were studying diseases like Tobacco Mosaic Disease, they couldn't find

a bacteria causing it. They had these filters that would trap bacteria,