The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that fragments of the bird flu virus had been detected in some samples of pasteurized milk in the U.S. While the agency maintains that the milk is safe to drink, it notes that it is still waiting on the results of studies to confirm this.
The findings come less than a month after an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu was found, for the first time, in herds of dairy cows in several states. It has since been detected in herds in eight states. ⠀
The FDA is specifically testing whether pasteurization inactivates bird flu in cow milk. The findings will be available in the “next few days to weeks,” it said. ⠀
Still, the virus remains a cause of concern among health officials, given its particularly high mortality rate of around 50%. Bird flu doesn’t spread easily from person to person, but there’s worry that it could mutate as it spreads among cows to a version that spreads more easily among people. So far, there’s no evidence indicating that has happened, according to the CDC.
There is a very big difference between the headline of “Bird flu virus found in pasteurized milk” and the real message “fragments of the bird flu virus had been detected in some samples of pasteurized milk in the U.S.”. Turning potential health hazards and threats into harmless particles is the very job of pasteurizing. That is excactly why we pasteurize milk.
Heck, the virus particles could even evoke immune reactions, thus vaccinating us in a natural way. Just by drinking milk.
Lol. Milk = vaccine is a new one! I admire your imagination!
Not too far fetched. Many vaccines are made with surface proteins from viruses that can be recognized by the immune system. But my guess is going through the pasteurization most proteins would be denatured and not in the functional form.
https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center/making-vaccines/how-are-vaccines-made
One of the many reasons people should go vegan. Cows milk is for baby cows. Are you a baby cow? No? Well, stop behaving like one.
Edit: getting downvoted by animal abusers. Well, at least it’s starting to feel more like reddit here. I’ll see that as a win.
How do you find the vegan?
By looking for logically sound and ethical comments?
Gender-neutral dude, you have got to learn not to fall for these traps and not present yourself as the “angry vegan” in the world. Nobody likes a militant of anything and no one will listen to a snarky message.
I understand you’re passionate, and you are free to educate people on your beliefs if organically prompted in conversation, but you need to de-escalate the judgment and harshness to be taken seriously.
If you’re not a troll, ai, or a Russian bot, please take this comment with gentle kindness.
Their message was hardly “angry vegan” 🤣 i think some defensive overreacting is happening
Are you a baby cow? No? Well, stop behaving like one.
To someone drinking milk comes off pretty aggressive.
We’re literally the only species to drink another species milk. And you think the person criticizing your action is aggressive? I get you have a victim complex but seriously, are you a baby cow? Because if that comes off as aggressive, you may need to take a break from the internet for a while.
We’re literally the only species to drink another species milk
And we’ve been doing it so long that it affected human evolution, allowing many of us to digest lactose into adulthood.
Well there goes my plans to make alfredo tonight.
The pasteurization process destroys the virus, and making the sauce would do the same thing anyway. Just bring it to 150°F if you can.
Putting this in /c/worldnews is a form of foreshadowing
Or fear mongering…call it what you will.
