Ignaz Semmelweis Did Not Follow The Science™ and Became the ‘Savior Of Mothers’

The “Semmelweis effect” or “Semmelweis reflex” refers to the tendency to reject offhand any new scientific evidence, discovery, knowledge, or analysis that contradicts the dominant paradigm or perceived scientific consensus (I write “perceived” because in reality there is never a full consensus in any field of science, despite what the media or politicians may insist). In Robert Anton Wilson’s book, The Game of Life, Timothy Leary defines this reflex as “Mob behavior found among primates and larval hominids on undeveloped planets, in which a discovery of important scientific fact is punished.” Thomas Szasz referred to it as “the invincible social power of false truths.”

Some Misinformation Is More Equal Than Others

The CDC recently presented misleading data to the FDA on the risk of COVID-19 to children, this apparently to justify the vaccination of those as young as 6 months old. Our health authorities have fully established that they are willing to lie to us for our own good, but now they are apparently willing to lie to each other as well.