Bird flu transmitted to cows and now in a lot of milk

[Anonymous]

Even after pasteurization. You still drinking milk right now?

https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/25/h5n1-bird-flu-cows-outbreak-likely-widespread/

[Anonymous]

I'll drink it until the US Govt tells me not to

[Anonymous]

Luckily I'm an almond milk mom.

[Anonymous]

So even if it jumps he species barrier to cows, it just doesn’t seem likely the virus is going to survive both pasteurization and my stomach acids. I guess I won’t snort milk.

[Anonymous]

Reading the article it says they are not finding live virus, only genetic fragments showing the cows were infected. So pasteurized milk does not seem like a problem. Maybe raw milk is but my parents knew lots of kids that got sick/died from raw milk when they were little—no way I’d drink raw milk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So even if it jumps he species barrier to cows, it just doesn’t seem likely the virus is going to survive both pasteurization and my stomach acids. I guess I won’t snort milk.

Huh? If you eat foods with flu virus, the virus will still contact mucosal membranes in your mouth and throat. Those could cause infection.

[Anonymous]

OP, did you even read the article? The issue with the virus being found in milk from stores is not that humans will contract the virus, it's that it indicates wider spread among herds than previously understood. It means an increase in risk that it could mutate and jump breeds--to pigs. You are not going to get sick from drinking milk from a cow that has exposure to the virus. So many people used to fear-mongering from COVID with no sense of what they're saying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll drink it until the US Govt tells me not to

lol lol

[Anonymous]

I'm only an oat milk lady.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even after pasteurization. You still drinking milk right now?

https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/25/h5n1-bird-flu-cows-outbreak-likely-widespread/

what's in the milk is genetic particles from the virus, not live virus.

The concern is more about evidence of virus jumping species beyond what has been observed in the past and potential future mutations.

[Anonymous]

That's interesting.

Not worried about drinking the milk but it's something to keep an eye on in general.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So even if it jumps he species barrier to cows, it just doesn’t seem likely the virus is going to survive both pasteurization and my stomach acids. I guess I won’t snort milk.

Huh? If you eat foods with flu virus, the virus will still contact mucosal membranes in your mouth and throat. Those could cause infection.

No... and if this was the case, people would already be dropping like flies.

[Anonymous]

It is not whole or live virus.

You are being melodramatic.

The government should continue to monitor, but the article you posted shows no current danger to humans.

Why do people like you love stirring the pot? It is irresponsible.

[Anonymous]

It’s not “jumping” to cows. US ag industry is feeding chicken feces from infected birds to cows. No other country in the world allows this but USDA allows farmers to do whatever they want/whatever is cheapest for the farmers.

Then when the cows get infected the farmers will demand compensation if they have to kill the cows. 🙄

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s not “jumping” to cows. US ag industry is feeding chicken feces from infected birds to cows. No other country in the world allows this but USDA allows farmers to do whatever they want/whatever is cheapest for the farmers.

Then when the cows get infected the farmers will demand compensation if they have to kill the cows. 🙄

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