It wasn't just that there were germ theory skeptics, it was that its detractors were the consensus (ahem) unwilling to listen. Read the wiki on germ theory and

It wasn't just that there were germ theory skeptics, it was that its detractors were the consensus (ahem) unwilling to listen. Read the wiki on germ theory and you'll see its timeline consists of one heretic after another being shot down by the 97%.