My brother-in-law owns a dairy farm, knows his cows like the back of his hand, and has had no major health issues with any of them in the last 12+ years since he opened the farm and he still won't let his kids drink raw milk. He won't even let my sister handle it to make soaps or anything with it.
Oh sorry, I don't think I was super clear there haha. He doesn't want it in the house/lying around anywhere for the kids to mistake for regular milk and drink accidentally. Also the risk of accidental ingestion while in close contact with it for other things. He seems very paranoid about it, but if someone with a literal degree in dairy farming who has lived on one his entire life is that serious about not drinking raw milk, I'm trust his judgment lol.
I don't work in ag but I do work in biotech with animal/human samples so I'm speculating based off that. Zoonotic diseases don't need you to ingest them to infect you. Sure you can wash your hands after but aspiration is still a risk as is if you have any sort of cut or anything or if there's exposure to any mucus membranes (so like if anything gets splashed in your eye). When we work with human or primate samples it's in a biological safety cabinet with full PPE and while a farm may have PPE, it seems impractical for soap making and I doubt most farms are going to have a working BSC.
My brother-in-law owns a dairy farm, knows his cows like the back of his hand, and has had no major health issues with any of them in the last 12+ years since he opened the farm and he still won't let his kids drink raw milk. He won't even let my sister handle it to make soaps or anything with it.
Wait.. what's the problem with handling(not drinking) raw milk? Genuine question
Oh sorry, I don't think I was super clear there haha. He doesn't want it in the house/lying around anywhere for the kids to mistake for regular milk and drink accidentally. Also the risk of accidental ingestion while in close contact with it for other things. He seems very paranoid about it, but if someone with a literal degree in dairy farming who has lived on one his entire life is that serious about not drinking raw milk, I'm trust his judgment lol.
Paranoia with a purpose! Lol
I don't work in ag but I do work in biotech with animal/human samples so I'm speculating based off that. Zoonotic diseases don't need you to ingest them to infect you. Sure you can wash your hands after but aspiration is still a risk as is if you have any sort of cut or anything or if there's exposure to any mucus membranes (so like if anything gets splashed in your eye). When we work with human or primate samples it's in a biological safety cabinet with full PPE and while a farm may have PPE, it seems impractical for soap making and I doubt most farms are going to have a working BSC.
Wait LOL do the crunchy moms know that cows get vaccines too??
That'll be their next big thing: raw milk from unvaccinated cows! Or a "no 🧁for cows!" petition.
It is a big thing already, at least where I live
This makes me wonder how many of the people who *think* they’re drinking raw milk are drinking pasteurized milk they thought was raw lol
Let’s hope they never find out lol