They didn’t get sick. He had to finish them off with arsenic—which got him caught.
Had germ “theory” worked, he would have gotten away with murder.
For more examples of germs failing to cause disease when healthy people are deliberately exposed, see AntiViral Ep. 8: The Germ Duel — A Century of Failed Experiments.
https://viroliegynewsletter.substack.com/p/antiviral-ep-8-the-germ-duel-a-century
