Wired contributing editor Virginia Heffernan has what she calls a “farfetched theory” on President Trump’s physiology that is nothing short of BATS*IT CRAZY. Have a read:
I have a farfetched theory of Trump’s physiology — only for those who like weird hypotheses.
It begins with the fact that he takes antibiotics every day for rosacea (not working obvi).
— Virginia Heffernan (@page88) December 26, 2018
A little while ago brilliant @Laurie_Garrett explained to me that alpha males (?) tend to distribute their microbes more widely and virulently than other humans. The microbes of the most arrogant and brash person at a board meeting tends to colonize the boardroom table.
— Virginia Heffernan (@page88) December 26, 2018
OK, stay with me.
When Trump is deep in germophobia he probably uses some Purell-like stuff to quash the “germs” — and then there’s the daily Tetracycline for rosacea.
— Virginia Heffernan (@page88) December 26, 2018
All those antibiotics as we well know can create resistant strains of bacteria. It’s a not unreasonable assumption that his body is teeming with them. That and the resulting yeast overgrowth that can be seen on his flared-up rosacea chin.
— Virginia Heffernan (@page88) December 26, 2018
So let’s say all those resistant pathogens and bugs and yeast are constantly flying off him when he shouts and blusters and dominates people—and scarily hugs, pumps the hands of and touches people around him.
— Virginia Heffernan (@page88) December 26, 2018
Could it be that when formerly dignified men truckle before him that they have literally been colonized by his mutant microbes?
— Virginia Heffernan (@page88) December 26, 2018
Told you it was far-fetched.
— Virginia Heffernan (@page88) December 26, 2018
“Studies have shown increased density of mites in patients with rosacea compared with control patients (Bonnar et al., 1993; Forton and Seys, 1993; Erbagci and Ozgoztasi, 1998).”https://t.co/Uq53BIOWBO
— Virginia Heffernan (@page88) December 26, 2018
What’s worse is that people believe her, or at least find it plausible:
This is fun, @marynmck and @maggiekb1 I think you'll get a kick out of this… anyway if people are breeding antibiotic resistant microbes in their bodies it's very unsafe and they should stop.
— Dara Grumdahl (@DearDara) December 26, 2018
Gross, but highly readable and maybe even scientifically plausible theory of Trumps personal biosphere from @page88 ?? https://t.co/iqlwuNm5lV
— Nina Burleigh (@ninaburleigh) December 26, 2018
It's like that research that found that cats had mind control over their humans. I like it. I'd watch this movie.
— Dr. Jennifer Mercieca (@jenmercieca) December 26, 2018
not as far-fetched if you told me in the 1980s that donald trump would one day be president of the united states
— Josh Sternberg (@joshsternberg) December 26, 2018
Remember this thread the next time someone asks you why you don’t believe these same libs when they tell you global warming is going to kill billions.
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