Laura Helmuth: This is predictable but so important: Pasteurizing milk kills the H5N1 bird flu virus that is circulating widely in dairy cattle. It's easy to take a 150-year-old technique that has saved countless lives for granted, but don't fool around with unpasteurized dairy products. 🧪

This is predictable but so important: Pasteurizing milk kills the H5N1 bird flu virus that is circulating widely in dairy cattle. It's easy to take a 150-year-old technique that has saved countless lives for granted, but don't fool around with unpasteurized dairy products. 🧪

Pasteurization Kills Bird Flu Virus in Milk, New Studies Confirmwww.scientificamerican.com Flash pasteurization destroyed H5N1 viral particles that were highly concentrated in raw milk, confirming that standard techniques can keep dairy products safe from bird flu

Reminder that there are several plant milks that are better than cow's milk

Yeah I see stories like this and I just... so frustrating: arstechnica.com/science/2024...

Raw-milk fans plan to drink up as experts warn of high levels of H5N1 virusarstechnica.com Raw milk fans called warnings "fear mongering," despite 52% fatality rate in humans.

Darwin approves it

If Darwin saw what we're doing with "dairy cattle" he probably would just nuke us all without making further distinctions, so let's not invite his attention by trying to wave his schlong around as if it was ours.

I wonder what is the demographic overlap between anti-vaxxers and anti-pasteurizers...

The fact that both of those ideologies exist is killing me

Killing them too.

A solid circle.

Stopping to drink milk and stop eating dairy products would do the trick, too... And it would end the exploitation of animals.

When it was just the entire Republican caucus of the West Virginia legislature giving themselves explosive diarrhea, I laughed, because hey: FAFO. I did not anticipate that these assholes would figure out a way they could drink raw milk and make the rest of us sick.

Lol I love that there’s a raw milk movement going on and I do not care what happens to those people

Do NOT drink raw milk. Do NOT eat soft raw cheese. Hard raw cheese is typically fine unless you're pregnant or immunocompromised, which is why it's legal and the other isn't. But DO NOT DRINK RAW MILK.

"Is there some way we could pasteurize the blood? Internally? That will knock out the virus. Can we look into that?" - the stable genius that is Trump

There are people who don't drink pasteurized milk? Intentionally?!

Oh yeah. It's said to be more nourishing—if it doesn't kill you.

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You either drink milk straight from the teat of a cow YOU know personally or you’re a statist coward.

It's a lot safer if you know the cow and what her current health is, actually. And by that, I mean that's the only way it's conceivably "reasonably harmless"

Don’t you know that Louis Pasteur is woke?

Once again we tip our hats to Louis.

Stupid question maybe, but is Mozzarella di bufalo save, as it is often made from raw milk. I guess not?

This is actually not true. Viruses are extremely tough. Common Flash pasteurization is not great. Some viruses can survive chemical and long pasteurization. They go dormant stage which is a little safer.

However, pasteurization kills H5N1.

what do you have against cheese?

Uh Did you not read

is 'Super Pasteurization' a thing yet

Yes. Shelf stable milk is ultra high temperature (UHT) pasteurized.

It’s a neat process. They super heat it for a few seconds then cool it a bit and slap it into in a sterile package. I’ve been in a few plants where they do this stuff and it always amazes me.

hell yeah

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