Bird flu detected in raw milk sold in California as fears rise of virus spreading
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No illnesses traced to batch as health officials warn consumers to avoid purchase
    • sp3ctr4l ( sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip ) 
      10·
      2 years ago

      Idiot conservatives (and many ‘crunchy’ people who don’t realize they are idiot conservatives) believe raw milk has more nutrients, that its better to be exposed to more harmful bacteria because that will build up your natural immunity, and can prevent you from developing asthma and allergies.

      But none of that is true.

      Raw milk has no more nutrients than pastuerized milk.

      The ‘crowd exposure immunity’ approach just results in needless deaths and suffering, little to no functional natural immunity increase as bacteria variants evolve too fast, as well as providing more vectors for viruses in birds and cows to jump into humans and then mutate to spread from human to human, a potential pandemic.

      And raw milk consumption has no effect on liklihood of developing, nor treating already existing asthma or allergies.

        • sp3ctr4l ( sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip ) 
          2·
          2 years ago

          You jest, but there are also significant numbers of people who advocate eating raw, uncooked meat and organs as well.

          Hell, I remember when people drinking urine for its supposed health benefits were extremely rare… now about a decade later, sadly that movement is picking up steam as well.

          Americans seem to have a unique and exceptional susceptibility to … literally anything promoted as a health product, all you have to do is package it in enough psuedo science bs, with either a hefty helping of ‘basically all mainstream medical/dietary knowledge is a conspiracy’ or spiritual/aspirational bullshit about manifesting your chakras.

          This is a country where at least a third of people believe evolution is fake, where a third believe astrology is real.

          Sagan’s nightmare has come true.

    • Clasm ( Clasm@ttrpg.network ) 
      2·
      2 years ago

      They buy it because they are easily spooked by long words such as ‘Pasteurization’ and probably fell asleep during the class that talks about all of the diseases that the Pasteurization’ process is supposed to prevent.

    • voluble ( voluble@lemmy.ca ) 
      2·
      2 years ago

      It makes delicious cheese. Pasturisation kills bacteria and denatures enzymes that are helpful in making good cheese. After proper aging, it’s safe to eat. Parmigiano Reggiano is made with unpasturised milk.