==Fresh start== 

 If nobody else fixes this, I'm going to blank the page and give it a fresh start. 

 The germ theory of disease is not a "speculation". It is accepted medical fact. It applies to countless numbers of contagious diseases, notably typhoid fever (remember Typhoid Mary?); malaria (transmitted by mosquitoes in the tropics); several venereal diseases; tuberculosis, and a whole bunch of diseases that people get quarantined for. 

 Fer gosh sakes, we require employees to wash our hands