WI Dogs Believed to Cause Cancer

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Yes, this was an actual book.

Now I'm not going to ask "what if dogs really did cause cancer?" because that would obviously be ASB.

But what if Samuel Walter Cort's book became popular and was widely believed? (This has happened to enough crank theories that I don't think we can dismiss the possibility entirely. And after all, while there are many dog lovers, there are also dog haters, and some in the latter group might be attracted to any theory blaming dogs for anything.)
 
Look at badger culling and you probably have your answer.

Badgers don’t cause TB, but because of the widespread belief mass government backed cullings occur regularly
 
There'd be a lot less dogs in the Muslim world as some groups of Muslims would consider this proof that the unclean status of dogs is confirmed by modern science.
 

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Given the thousands of years of dog and human symbiosis, science in general takes a credibility hit... Which is bad. (I'm not a dog owner BTW - but I have friends and family who would willingly shorten their lives rather than be parted with their dogs.)
 
Dogs have been with humans so long that I doubt that many would take this ridicolous idea very seriously.
 
Do actual scientists suggest it, or does it just become a popular view among ‘Natural News’ types? Or perhaps popular among even more fringe groups, like HIV denialists?
 
Dogs have been with humans so long that I doubt that many would take this ridicolous idea very seriously.
Humans have spent a long time around open fires. A bit of coughing is normal.
Lying in the sun is one of the great pleasures of life. Sure you can get sun burnt, but only if you aren't careful.
Isn't mercury awesome. You can even lie on it.

Plenty of people have allergic reactions to dogs. Start there and weave your thesis. The news is always full of something new giving you cancer.
 
I doubt such a barking mad concept is plausible. Even with say allergy sufferers, would there have been enough to start such a connection from this book? Personally this would require the work of an agent of an ASB, an ASC....
 
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