Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic Vernon Coleman has been one of the most vocal champions of truth and freedom. This medical doctor and prolific author—he has written over one hundred books—was once a respected member of both mainstream medicine and the mainstream media. Several of his books have been serialized in newspapers and magazines across the globe. Many have been turned into programs for television and radio. Coleman even enjoyed some fame as a TV celebrity, appearing as the Television Doctor on British television and the first agony uncle on the BBC.
Dr Coleman is a general practitioner principal and a former Professor of Holistic Medical Sciences at the International Open University in Sri Lanka. He has an honorary DSc. He has given evidence to the House of Commons and the House of Lords in the UK. (Coleman)
This all changed during the pandemic. His anti-lockdown—and, later, anti-vaccine—stance turned this old man in a chair into a pariah in the eyes of the establishment and the mainstream media. The magnitude of this change can be traced in the evolution of his Wikipedia page. On 3 January 2020, just weeks before the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the opening section of the article Vernon Coleman on Wikipedia read as follows:
Vernon Coleman (born 18 May 1946) is a former general practitioner, and the author of over 100 books in 25 languages, including non-fiction works about human health, politics, cricket, and animal issues, and a range of novels. His books have appeared on several bestseller lists, including the Sunday Times. Life Without Tranquillisers reached the Top Ten of the Sunday Times in March 1985. His book Bodypower reached several bestseller lists in the UK.
One of his novels, Mrs Caldicot’s Cabbage War, has been turned into a movie with the same name.
Coleman is a militant vegetarian and antivivisectionist.
Coleman complains that his campaigning has made him many enemies and he has been regularly attacked by large corporations and their spokesmen. According to his website the book which inspired both complaints (‘Food for Thought’) listed 26 scientific papers proving that meat causes cancer. When the meat industry complained about an article based on the book, and an advertisement for it, both the PCC and the advertising watchdog refused to look at the scientific papers but upheld the complaints.
According to The Independent: “Vernon Coleman is many things and he has written books about most of them.” “He’s frank, fearless and prolific. He’s outrageous, outspoken and iconoclastic. A Vernon Coleman book will change your life ... and may even save your life.”
In 1983 Coleman prepared the text for a series of home doctor programmes for computers.
Coleman was a CSV volunteer in Liverpool in 1964 and 1965. In “How to stop your doctor killing you” (1996) he argued that it is the breakdown of the immune system which contributes to the development of cancer. In 1981 he resigned from the NHS after refusing to put diagnoses on sick notes.
In 2003 Coleman resigned from The People newspaper after the editor refused to print a column criticising the Iraq War. (Wikipedia 3 January 2020)
Today, 2 April 2023, this section reads as follows:
Vernon Coleman is an English conspiracy theorist, anti-vaccination activist, AIDS denialist, blogger and novelist who writes on topics related to human health, politics and animal issues.
Coleman’s medical claims have been widely discredited and described as pseudoscientific. He was formerly a newspaper columnist and general practitioner (GP). (Wikipedia)
Germ Theory and Terrain Theory
Ever since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2020, media platforms have become a battleground between the adherents of two diametrically opposed dogmas: germ theory and terrain theory. According to one of these philosophies many of the diseases that afflict us are contagions caused by microscopic pathogens, such as viruses and bacteria. According to the other philosophy there are no such pathogens: disease is the body’s response to unhealthy living.
Throughout the pandemic and its aftermath Vernon Coleman has remained a staunch and unrepentant champion of Louis Pasteur’s germ theory. While many of us in the truth community have begun to question this pillar of Western medicine, and even jettison it in favour of Antoine Béchamp and Ulric Williams’ terrain theory, Coleman has continued to hold the line. What are we to make of these opinions? Should we trust Wikipedia and reject Coleman’s germ theory?
Coleman’s medical claims have been widely discredited and described as pseudoscientific.
Somehow, I don’t think the clowns who wrote that realized that Vernon Coleman is a champion of germ theory and the bane of terrain theorists.
In His Own Words
We don’t need Wikipedia or any other secondary sources to discover why Vernon Coleman continues to believe in the germ theory and the existence of pathogenic viruses. When it comes to venting one’s opinions, Vernon Coleman can hardly be characterized as a reluctant witness. His websites contain a plethora of articles on a variety of medical matters, including the altercation between germ theorists and terrain theorists.
In an article detailing the endless barrage of lies and abuse ... from the mainstream media to which he has been subjected for fighting against the pandemic narrative, Coleman singles out the adherents of terrain theory for particular criticism:
But it’s a fight that has to be fought. As I have repeatedly said: this is the most important war in human history. I started the war with what seemed to me then to be an advantage: I believe that after over fifty years of research and writing I know more about vaccines, iatrogenic disease, drug companies and drug side effects than anyone else alive.
And yet for over a year I have been subjected to an equally endless barrage of lies and abuse from a small group of anonymous individuals who sometimes claim to be on the same side as those of us attacking the fake pandemic and its various official ‘solutions’, but who are committed to the idea that there are no such things as germs or infectious diseases (some limit themselves to believing that viruses are all imaginary). Their attacks have been inspired because I have referred to infectious disease of one sort of another. Instead of offering a rational alternative they merely seem to offer abuse. I find this sad and immensely damaging.
I understand why governments and the bought-and-paid-for media attack me but I don’t see the value or the relevance in attacking me because I offer a supportable point of view about infectious diseases. Do any of these critics really believe that they can convince the world that infectious diseases are an illusion? And even if they do, where is the value in smearing someone who was the first doctor to draw attention to the covid fake pandemic hoax—and its consequences?
And why is it that they aren’t banned from social media, YouTube and so on—when I’m banned from everywhere? Could it be that they are protected by MI5 and the CIA?
... These energetic critics (and I wish they would use their energy to attack the drug companies and governments—though that is a dangerous business) appear to be driven and united and committed to the theory that there are no infectious diseases. (It’s difficult to know exactly what they believe because all I’ve seen from them has been abuse and the constantly repeated suggestion that anyone who discusses infectious diseases must be silenced.)
One day, if we ever win this war, I would like to know how they would explain away the work of Fracastorio, van Leeuwenhoek, Holmes, Semmelweiss [sic], Lister or even Pickles. They certainly do not seem to understand the basic, well proven principles of epidemiology.
... (For the record, one or two of them occasionally mention ‘exosomes’ – which have been around for decades. They’re an interesting subject for discussion. Their existence does not seem to me, however, to be a nuclear weapon in the war against the threats of mass murder, social credit, digitalisation and the disappearance of cash. Oh, how I wish that the bloggers would interest themselves in these targets.)
The fact is that I believe these enthusiasts offer a serious threat to our survival. They have put an end to debate and done irreparable harm to the Resistance movement. Their presence online is doubtless cheered and encouraged by the CIA, MI5 and the rest of the enemy.
... It will take more than abuse to convince hundreds of millions that there is no such thing as the common cold, the flu or pneumonia or that diseases such as chickenpox or measles are not infectious when so much human experience shows that they are. One or two errant papers from many decades ago proves nothing.
The scientific and epidemiological evidence proving that infectious diseases do exist is so utterly overwhelming that anyone who attempted to question their importance in debate would quickly be dismissed as deluded at best and, at worst, as dangerously insane.
... The ruthless selfishness and blind self-importance of the germ deniers and their enthusiasm for scattering shotgun-style abuse has already done massive damage to our side in this war and it is their work which will lead us directly into the world of social credit, digital currency and eternal slavery—a coming world which they appear to be doing absolutely nothing to prevent ... (Coleman)
It’s disappointing to hear a prominent member of the truth community characterize the champions of terrain theory as abusive trolls who may be in the pay of the CIA or MI5. But as he specifically mentions anonymous individuals, I assume he is only referring to actual online trolls who leave abusive comments on his social media, and not to people like Stefan Lanka, Samantha & Mark Bailey, Tom Cowan, Andrew Kaufman, Mike Stone, or Amandha Vollmer.
It is also disappointing to learn that instead of refuting important peer-reviewed papers that cast doubt on germ theory, Coleman prefers to dismiss them as One or two errant papers from many decades ago.
Exosomes
Vernon Coleman also dismisses exosomes as an interesting subject for discussion, but to the best of my knowledge he has never actually discussed them—other than to forestall any mention of them by virus-deniers. A search for exosomes on his website returned eleven or twelve hits besides the one quoted above:
There has been much discussion about the cause of covid-19. Is there a specific cause? Is the cause a virus, a bacterium, an exosome or something else? (Coleman)
In addition, I have, for reasons which puzzle me, been targeted by exosome supporters who believe that viruses don’t exist, that infections don’t exist and therefore cannot be spread, and that when four people in a family or an office develop a cold or the flu it is just a coincidence. [This is not true. Coleman has deliberately misrepresented how exosome supporters account for contagion.] I know darned well that even if I believed in this (and I’ve known about exosomes longer than some of the supporters of the theory have been able to tie their own shoelaces) I could never persuade the public to believe it.
The exosome supporters have done everything they can to damage my credibility – even though I was the first medical doctor to stick my neck out over what was originally the coronavirus hoax ...
And yet the exosome supporters merely spew vitriol and lie after lie. If I defend myself they become ever more vicious. And when attached to my videos, the lies just sit there because if I remove them I’m accused of censorship ...
Over Christmas I received a death threat from an anonymous exosome supporter and two people created fake Telegram channels in my name. (Coleman)
Incidentally, I know many don’t believe viruses exist. I know all about exosomes. But for now the important thing is what they’re doing to us. The reason, the excuse, can be sorted out later. For now it doesn’t matter if it’s a virus, an exosome, a sausage roll or nothing at all. (Coleman)
And for those of us trying to win a war and save lives, it really doesn’t matter a toss whether you believe the alleged disease is caused by a virus, an exosome or a 5G mast. (Coleman)
There has been too much nit picking about whether or not it should be called a virus, an exosome or a wardrobe; too much arguing about whether it’s a vaccine, a jab or a gene based manipulation. (Coleman)
And then, of course, there are the exosome enthusiasts who attack anyone who uses the word ‛virus’ or who suggests (as I have proved) that covid-19 is a rebranded flu bug. (Coleman)
One keen believer in the exosome theory told me and the world that because I didn’t share his belief it was my fault that my wife developed breast cancer. You can imagine how good that made me feel and how warm it made me feel towards exosomists. (Coleman)
If the current and absurd exosome theory takes hold then things will only get worse. Semmelweiss [sic] and others proved the existence of germs beyond any doubt ... The bottom line is that it doesn’t matter a damn whether the covid-19 threat is a virus, a bacterium, an exosome or a piece of Christmas cake ... Incidentally, I know many don’t believe viruses exist. I know all about exosomes. But for now the important thing is what they’re doing to us. The reason, the excuse, can be sorted out later. For now it doesn’t matter if it’s a virus, an exosome, a sausage roll or nothing at all. (Covid-19: The Fraud Continues)
I’ve ignored the mass of unsubstantiated theories which are around. There are videos claiming that viruses don’t exist, that exosomes explain everything ... (Coleman)
To be precise, I believe that covid-19 has been carefully marketed for a specific purpose. It is similar in many ways to the ordinary flu. Let us not confuse one another with talk of exosomes and so on. We are talking flu ... There has been too much nit picking about whether or not it should be called a virus, an exosome or a wardrobe ... Just for the record, I know all about germ theory and exosomes. Indeed, I used to play golf with Louis Pasteur and Joseph Lister. And Ignaz Semmelweiss [sic] and Alexander Fleming were good pals of mine. However, I do wish the exosome enthusiasts would stop muddying the already cloudy waters. Their shouting isn’t helping us win this war against the Agenda 21 oppressors and the global warming freaks. (Covid-19: Exposing the Lies)
In coming weeks I’ll be answering questions about exosome theory, germ theory and terrain theory, looking back at Bossche—the vaccine guy not the painter—explaining why lawyers are making things worse, dealing ruthlessly with the fact-checkers, excoriating lefty, woke Facebook which suppresses the truth and silences all debate under the watchful eyes of people who like to think they know better. (Coleman)
That final quotation is taken from a video Coleman uploaded on Wednesday 10 November 2021. If he has delivered on that promise, I am not aware of it. One week later, he only briefly mentioned exosomes:
And please, exosome lovers, I know everything about your theory but you don’t do the exosome theory any good by promoting it on the back of personal abuse. It’s called a theory, like germ theory and terrain theory, because it’s a theory. I also know a good deal about Dr Ignaz Semmelweiss [sic] and Dr John Snow and a hundred others. (Coleman)
Exosomes are indistinguishable from pathogenic viruses. They are the same size, they share the same structure, they are morphologically identical. It would be interesting to hear Vernon Coleman discuss this curious relationship.
Tainted Legacy
The suspicion in which some members of the truth community hold Vernon Coleman is understandable. On the face of it, he once ticked a lot of the boxes we have come to associate with the “enemy”. He still ticks a few of them:
- He was—and perhaps still is—a transvestite.
- He is a vegan.
- He was once a regular guest on the BBC.
- He was once a regular writer for the mainstream media.
- The imagery used to illustrate his books often contains Masonic elements (eg the all-seeing-eye, the hidden hand, the thumb-under-chin, silentium, the fallen angel).
I don’t hold any of these against him. John Waters also has a tainted legacy, having spent much of his adult life working as a journalist in the mainstream media, but he woke up and is now one of my heroes. I care little what people do in their private lives so long as they are not infringing the rights of others. And once you learn about Masonic signs and symbols, it is difficult not to see them everywhere. Few people have any idea that placing one’s thumb under one’s chin has any significance for Freemasons. When Samantha Bailey adopts this pose in the thumbnails of her videos, I do not believe she is communicating some hidden message to her Masonic colleagues. Fiona Marie Flanagan once accused Vernon Coleman of being a Freemason simply because he happened to hold his hand in a quasi-Masonic gesture for a split second—long enough to take a screen-capture. That slur actually caused Coleman to—temporarily, at least—retire from posting online content: Goodbye and Thank You
Conclusion
I am only interested in Vernon Coleman’s arguments. Do they hold up under scrutiny? Do they save the appearances? Has he refuted terrain theory?
I have no doubt that Vernon Coleman—in spite of his eccentricities and past experiences—is one of us, and not one of them. His criticisms of terrain theory and exosome theory are valuable contributions to the medical debate. If those who deny the existence of pathogenic viruses and other germs are serious about building an alternative model of human illness, they must take these criticisms seriously and answer them. And that is something I will be endeavouring to do in future articles in this series.
And that’s a good place to stop.
References
- Vernon Coleman, COVID-19: Exposing Lies, Korsgaard Publishing, Online (2021)
- Vernon Coleman, COVID-19: The Greatest Hoax in History, Korsgaard Publishing, Online (2020)
- Vernon Coleman, Proof That Face Masks Do More Harm Than Good, Korsgaard Publishing, Online (2022)
- Vernon Coleman, COVID-19: The Fraud Continues, Korsgaard Publishing, Online (2023)
Image Credits
- COVID-19 Poster: © 2021 Dublin Region Homeless Executive, Fair Use
- An Old Man in a Chair: © Vernon Coleman, Fair Use
- Vernon Coleman: Emily Husband Mortimer (photographer), Public Domain
- Louis Pasteur: Paul Nadar (photographer), Public Domain
- Antoine Béchamp: Anonymous Photograph, Public Domain
- Ulric Williams:Anonymous Photograph, Public Domain
- Girolamo Fracastoro: Titian (artist), National Gallery, London, Public Domain
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek: Jan Verkolje (artist), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Public Domain
- Oliver Wendell Holmes: Armstrong & Co (photographers), Library of Congress, Washington, DC, Public Domain
- Ignaz Semmelweis: József Borsos & Albert Doctor (photographers), National Széchényi Library, Budapest, Public Domain
- Joseph Lister: Anonymous Photograph, Public Domain
- William Pickles: © Christopher Sanders (artist), Royal College of General Practitioners, London, Fair Use
- Exosomes (Black Arrows) and Viral Particles: Yury O Nunez Lopez, Anna Casu & Richard E. Pratley, Investigation of Extracellular Vesicles From SARS-CoV-2 Infected Specimens: A Safety Perspective, Figure 2, Transmission Electron Micrographs of Influenza Virus A/Puerto Rico/8/34 H1N1, Dietmar Riedel (electron microscopist), © Pavel A Marichal-Gallardo, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany, Creative Commons License
- Vernon Coleman in 1986: © Getty images, United News/Popperfoto, London (9 May 1986), Fair Use
- Alexander Fleming: Imperial War Museums, London, Public Domain
- Geert Vanden Bossche: © Geert Vanden Bossche, Fair Use
- John Snow: Benjamin Ward Richardson (photograph), National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, Public Domain
- Quasi-Masonic Imagery on Vernon Coleman’s Publications: © Korsgaard Publishing, Fair Use
- Samantha Bailey’s Thumbnails: © Samantha Bailey, Fair Use
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