rinue | Sometimes, My Head Explodes

Via.

"In the old days of raw milk (just a couple of years ago)," says Rose, "many raw milk advocates insisted that raw milk could not be contaminated – that raw milk has protective bacteria that kills pathogens. With several high-profile outbreaks where the outbreak pathogen strain was found at the dairy itself, this notion is basically outdated. Consumers now want to find a dairy that is producing milk less likely to be contaminated."

Glbufmiunungunhuh? Wzt? Kmfl?

I had to stare out the window for five minutes just now in order to be capable of typing even non-words. "Insisted" that raw milk could not be contaminated due to magic bacteria? Insisted? Because we started pasteurizing milk for . . . no reason at all, when everybody was fine?

Look, I eat food off the floor. I lick raw egg off my hand. I have been known to take bites of things as a test to see whether they've gone off. I am fearless. I get food poisoning less than you'd think, or maybe about as often as you'd think; I am more sickly than is strictly necessary.

Raw milk can't be contaminated? Really?

This is somehow even more absurd than the antivaxers. Less dangerous (while still being dangerous) and not something that means I'm at risk of getting pertussis (which, congratulations guys, is having the most serious outbreak in decades, and by the way it takes a series of vaccines until you're fully protected and so children aren't unless the people around them are), but even more stupid.

I try to restrain myself from using italics, but there are not enough italics in the world.