Politicians fall sick after drinking raw milk to celebrate legalising raw milk (2016)

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/politicians-sick-after-drinking-raw-milk-to-celebrate-legalising-raw-milk-a6923106.html

by ripjaygn • 2 years ago

22 28 2 years ago

independent.co.uk

ambigious7777• 2 years ago

Rather ironic, although I don't understand why you would want to drink/legalize raw milk.

UberFly2• 2 years ago

Because raw milk shouldn't be a controlled substance like cocaine.

EA-31673• 2 years ago

Is it Schedule I on the DEA list? If not then I don't understand the comparison.

erikaww• 2 years ago

Why wouldn’t you? I surely wouldn’t drink it but I don’t mind if it’s legal. It’s America baby.

If someone consensually drinks raw milk and gets sick, that’s on them. If a parent makes their kid drink that and the kid gets sick, that is potentially child abuse.

I think the main concern here is some undereducated or easily buying into conspiracy theories/conservative individuals would feed their kids raw milk.

There are lots of things that are not good you that parents give their children and they are totally legal.

I think debating this or trying to fight against it is a waste of time rather than bigger issues.

FrustratedMonky4• 2 years ago

It's a fad from those wanting to eat like ancient man.

But because it is a regulation, it has also become a call for "FREEEEEeeeeeddoooomm".

Who cares about germs? Really, people are free to not wash their hands either, but it isn't the smartest thing to do.

100 Years ago when the lack of food safety was killing a lot of people, there was an outcry for laws. Now, laws are viewed as bad, just let me kill myself if I want to.

lurking153• 2 years ago

it has also become a call for "FREEEEEeeeeeddoooomm"

it's also become a call for "us smart people must outlaw the stupid people"

Now, laws are viewed as bad, just let me kill myself if I want to

on the other hand, isn't europe sophisticated and progressive for legalizing suicide?

ImJamal2• 2 years ago

Why would you want to ban it?

Arnt2• 2 years ago

It requires more care than people expect, so in a sense it's a trouble magnet.

orwin• 2 years ago

I mean, hopefully it's legal to buy raw milk in my country (we payed cash so i don't really know), but i totally understand why you would buy raw milk: home-pasteurized milk taste way better than supermarket milk or even farmer's market milk. And you get to keep the creme.

Drinking it though? no thanks.

Arnt2• 2 years ago

I drink it.

The drink-by date is best measured in hours. If you're used to keeping milk around for months, raw milk is not for you. It's great, but treat it sloppily and you'll suffer, and you don't have to be very sloppy.

akira2501• 2 years ago

"Thursday 10 March 2016"

What's worse than useless journalism is 8 year old useless journalism. This story has revealed nothing and is designed to allow either side of a contentious issue to feel superior to the other without actually resolving anything.

What was the point of digging this up and posting it today, ripjaygn?

EA-31673• 2 years ago

What was the point of digging this up and posting it today, ripjaygn?

No doubt it's related to the stories about H1N1 in raw milk remaining active and dangerous.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/05/25/g-...

And the typically human reaction to being told that something is dangerous by untrusted authorities.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/raw-milk-sales-spike-des...

At this point I'm starting to think that we can kill two birds with one stone, and have the government announce that gravity can kill you if you fall off a bridge, and then just wait for some people to take that bet and lose.

pwg• 2 years ago

Best benefit of the doubt: @ripjaygn did not notice the date (it is dim grey and small size, so could be easily overlooked) and @ripjaygn may one of today's 10,000: https://xkcd.com/1053/.

atomicnumber3• 2 years ago

Ignoring the necropost in the OP, I want to take this space to point out that if you want to live like it's Little House on the Prairie, you may discover that people had diarrhea more often than you'd like to think back then. And there's probably a factor of your gut not being used to such diverse flora, as well. I guess whatever makes them feel better while they're sitting on the porcelain throne.

nikolay• 2 years ago

Diarrhea is still pretty common - IBS, SIBO, and a plethora of other proofs for the Hygiene Hypothesis and right in front of our eyes.

My kids have been drinking raw milk for over 15 years from RAWFARM [0] - never had issues. It's the best milk we've ever had. In fact, we've had spoiled pasteurized milk, and there's always been great until the expiry date, of course.

[0] https://rawfarmusa.com/

IndrekR• 2 years ago

(2016)

Also covered a while ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30808990

bunewis• 2 years ago

Regardless of what caused it, it’s definitely hilarious

ImAnAmateur• 2 years ago

The local news article linked inside has some more details. https://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Anonymous-tip-claims-raw-m...

I think it still might be illegal to "distribute" raw milk? After all this time, I wonder what the current state laws in West Virginia about this are.

andreasley• 2 years ago

Actually, the sale of raw milk in West Virginia will become legal in June 2024.

More details: https://wvpublic.org/raw-milk-sales-legal-in-w-va-as-avian-f...

johnea• 2 years ago

"There definitely shouldn't be a law against allowing people to do what they want within the framework of the rule of law," Mr McGeehan added.

It may be 8 years old, but this is still a gem of null-speak...

Politicians fall sick after drinking raw milk to celebrate legalising raw milk (2016)

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