• reddig33@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    The milk is probably safe if it’s pasteurized. Not so sure about the ranchers who are repeatedly exposed to sick cows tho.

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      6 months ago

      They may be more immune than anyone. Like how milk maids didn’t get smallpox because they were exposed to cowpox first.

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      6 months ago

      Not so sure about the ranchers who are repeatedly exposed to sick cows

      Not to leave out many farmers drink raw milk.

      Source: Was married into a dairy farm.

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        Drinking it immediately after milking the (healthy) cow is perfectly safe, and people have been drinking unpasteurized milk that was taken from the cow that morning for millenia. The risk/reward ratio is definitely not worth it though if you dont plan on drinking the milk within an hour of milking though.