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Raw milk producer optimistic after being shut down for bird flu detection (arstechnica.com)

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[–] NatakuNox 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Problem is Raw milk drinks are breaking the social contract just like anti vaccine people. Drinking raw milk increases the chances that animal diseases have more opportunities to jump to humans. You want to drink raw milk and not get vaccinated? Fine, but you don't get to interact with society. These aren't simple personal choices. Their impact is global and we can't allow them to put everyone else in danger for something that has no logical or scientific backing.

[–] Kyle_The_G 4 points 1 day ago

I'm actually in training to be a med lab tech, I just want to show these people my slides on brucellosis, a nasty bug from raw milk and is one of the most common sources of lab worker infections. Its just selfish! We had a guest speaker come in from infection control who lived through SARS, MERS, covid ect and they were super pessimistic about the state of public health over the next few years. Its going to be rough.