Cats suffer H5N1 brain infections, blindness, death after drinking raw milk

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Post by mattpavelle » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 11:13 AM UTC

Cats suffer H5N1 brain infections, blindness, death after drinking raw milk
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Re: Cats suffer H5N1 brain infections, blindness, death after drinking raw milk

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Post by theGnuMe » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 11:44 AM UTC

Well we know what will be the next pandemic if we don’t get this handled.

Re: Cats suffer H5N1 brain infections, blindness, death after drinking raw milk

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Post by Havoc » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 11:45 AM UTC

The whole raw milk thing boggles my mind. It’s hardly a secret that it’s dangerous yet people do it anyway

Re: Cats suffer H5N1 brain infections, blindness, death after drinking raw milk

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Post by MilaM » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 11:47 AM UTC

Just yesterday, I bought a raw milk, aged cheese. Now I wonder if it is reasonably safe to consume them in light of this development.

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 11:53 AM UTC

MilaM wrote: post #4

Just yesterday, I bought a raw milk, aged cheese. Now I wonder if it is reasonably safe to consume them in light of this development.

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 11:56 AM UTC

MilaM wrote: post #4

Just yesterday, I bought a raw milk, aged cheese. Now I wonder if it is reasonably safe to consume them in light of this development.

I would suggest not. From what I've heard, raw milk, in general, is pretty dangerous.

Louis Pasteur won all kinds of awards for doing things like figuring out how to treat milk. Some of the bugs you can get from raw milk are not fun.

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Post by pjc50 » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 11:56 AM UTC

Havoc wrote: post #3

The whole raw milk thing boggles my mind. It’s hardly a secret that it’s dangerous yet people do it anyway

As far as I can tell, it's in the same weird "purity" deal as anti-vax, anti-mask, and various other kinds of orthorexia. As well as being aligned with anti-helmet and anti-seatbelt campaigners: seemingly they want it because it's dangerous. It makes them feel good to reject objective standards of safety and substitute their own specialness. After all, they're the protagonist, they can't die in the middle of the show.

Re: Cats suffer H5N1 brain infections, blindness, death after drinking raw milk

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 11:56 AM UTC

theGnuMe wrote: post #2

Well we know what will be the next pandemic if we don’t get this handled.

Captain Trips.

COVID was Corporal Trips.

Re: Cats suffer H5N1 brain infections, blindness, death after drinking raw milk

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Post by pjc50 » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 11:57 AM UTC

MilaM wrote: post #4

Just yesterday, I bought a raw milk, aged cheese. Now I wonder if it is reasonably safe to consume them in light of this development.

Cheese is a little different because the aging process kills some pathogens. But I'd check with your local food safety authorities.

Edit: SciAm says a qualified "mostly safe": https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-raw-milk-chees...

Re: Cats suffer H5N1 brain infections, blindness, death after drinking raw milk

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Post by infecto » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 12:00 PM UTC

Havoc wrote: post #3

The whole raw milk thing boggles my mind. It’s hardly a secret that it’s dangerous yet people do it anyway

I was thinking the same thing and as the other commenter pointed out, it does align with the vax crowd pretty well. I have seen so many posts about raw milk and how its healthier than pasteurized milk. Absolutely insane to me.