When H5N1 avian influenza started spreading among dairy cattle across the U.S. this year, regulators warned against consuming unpasteurized milk. What happened? Raw milk sales went up.

Distributors of this unsafe-for-human-consumption product deny H5N1—which has the potential to sicken millions of people—is a danger. Dairy farmers decline to allow disease detectives onto their properties.

  • Skvlp
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    114 days ago

    I like foolhardy in this context. And a foolhardy index would be interesting.

    • toastboy79
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      114 days ago

      true true, that’s an excellent term for it. If only we could somehow assess it with metrics and data

      • Skvlp
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        113 days ago

        I don’t have a solution for that, unfortunately.