On a semi-tangent: in cats, drinking raw milk contaminated with H5N1 has a >50% mortality rate (in one cluster investigated by the CDC, n=24).<p><a href="https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/7/24-0508_article" rel="nofollow">https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/7/24-0508_article</a>
Well my first question was going to be how are they enforcing a recall when (to my knowledge) it was illegal to sell in the first place.<p>But apparently California is one of the states where it is legal... why?!?
Personally, I don't see why anyone uses milk in any form, raw or otherwise.<p>After being raised to think it was somehow not just OK, but almost mandatory to consume, I stopped all milk consumption, and almost all cheese and other dairy about 20 years ago.<p>Maybe barely post-cave people needed it to survive, but in the modern world there is 0 reason to be consuming another species lactate.<p>p.s. I would rate the addition of extra growth hormones (beyond what's already at naturally high levels due to being a lactate) as the biggest long term health problem with milk, moreso than weather it's pasturized or not.
Sometimes, people aware of one set of risks are not always aware of the others. Drinking raw milk absolutely cares a certain set of risks... but drinking pasteurized does as well.<p>People who are confused about why one group chooses a different risk need to understand it's not because Californians are dumb (or Europeans or anyone else that drinks it).<p>The modern world has found a way to pasteurize, blanch, freeze, osmosis, distill, dna splice, or artificially grow many foods. This (mostly) eliminated a class of problems such as Salmonella or other pathogens. The problem is that the nutritional value of the food has taken a drastic decline that has effected the digestion system in many people. Enzymes, bacteria, and other beneficial parts of your diet are also destroyed.<p>This is an issue because your body requires bacteria to exist. You cannot correctly break down food or fight off viruses without certain bacteria existing inside you. Too much and it becomes an issue, but if you only eat sterile food or living in a sterile bubble you'll find your immune system will not be up to the task of other critical life functions you need to have.<p>I encourage people to look into the research about gut health and why it's an important part of your immune response.