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travelingthrulife

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10. A cow's udders are simply not very clean. I grew up on raw milk but having

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 10:33 AM

Dec 6

worked on a dairy farm I can attest that it is definitely not a sterile or even very clean collection process. Their udder is wiped 'clean' with an antibacterial solution. Cows lie in mud and manure.
Because we were introduced to that bacteria at birth is probably why it never sickened us.

With bird flu coming our way it is simply nuts to not pasteurize it when it is known to kill that virus.

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