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@lemmy.zip
    19·
    26 days 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.

    • Gsus4@mander.xyz
      4·
      26 days ago

      They should also their pork rare. And chicken sushi of course, that’s how animals do it in nature :o)

      • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zip
        2·
        26 days 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.