Public health officials in California detected bird flu in a sample of raw milk this month. The virus first spread to dairy cattle in the US in March.
The discovery comes amid an increasingly heated public debate about the merits and drawbacks of raw milk. Robert F Kennedy Jr, the anti-vaccine activist and Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of health and human services (HHS), is a proponent of raw milk and has claimed that as HHS secretary, he will support farmers who sell it. At the same time, public health experts have continued to advise against drinking raw milk, which is more likely to contain an array of harmful bacteria.
Here’s what you need to know.
What is raw milk and why are people talking about it?
Raw milk comes straight from the cow (or sheep or goat) and has not been pasteurized. Developed by Louis Pasteur at the end of the 19th century to help kill harmful bacteria in wine, pasteurization is the process of heating liquids in order to eliminate harmful pathogens […]
I have quite a few friends who are anti-vaxxers. I point out to them that I get flu and covid vaccinations twice a year, and don’t seem to be dead or paralyzed yet. I also ask them how the Covid epidemic was ended, along with polio and smallpox. None of this logic makes any difference, so I don’t talk about it with them.
I am not MAGA but I have avoided the numerous vaccinations being offered. I don’t care for milk but do use raw butter, very tasty addition to my high fat diet. Now I didn’t say that I was anti-vax just selective in what I allow into my body. I’m seldom sick and did get covid twice over the last three years which fortunately passed quickly without too much distress. I wish you all the best with your mRNA high tech interventions but not for me thank you however illogical that may be to those that follow the science.