Nearly 60 Illnesses Linked to Raw Milk Consumption in Idaho

Thursday, June 04, 2026

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) is investigating an increase in illnesses linked to drinking unpasteurized, or raw, milk.

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it's because there's raw shit in the milk. consuming cow shit can lead to illness

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-- ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper.com) 7:05 AM Â· Jun 4, 2026

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#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-04 04:55 AM | Reply

Combine it with three shots of moose urine, a copperhead's tail, a legless lizard's head, mix it up with a raccoon penile bone swizzle stick and Bob's yer uncle.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-06-04 06:20 AM | Reply

If I understand MAGA philosophy correctly (I do), these people have the right to make themselves sick, and a right to die from that sickness.

Let them enjoy that freedom. It's why they're in Idaho to start with.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2026-06-04 07:21 AM | Reply

They should be selling raw chicken and pork sammiches with the raw milk.

via GIPHY

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-06-04 07:35 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

these people have the right to make themselves sick

When they are hospitalized and they identify that they drank raw milk, the hospital should just pack them up and put them at the curb.

Drinking raw milk is like playing russian roulette with five live in the gun.

#5 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-06-04 07:37 AM | Reply

#6 | Posted by qcp at 2026-06-04 08:55 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I've seen raw milk in vending machines in various locations around Switzerland. There is a label on the front of each machine that encourages boiling before consumption, LOL.

Just sayin'

#7 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-06-04 10:07 AM | Reply

Approximately 1.5 million people in the United States get ill from Campylobacter each year. In England, there were over 70,000 reported cases in 2024 alone.
my.clevelandclinic.org

#8 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-06-04 11:07 AM | Reply

#8 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

How many people get ill in the United States from racists each year?

#9 | Posted by Zed at 2026-06-04 11:14 AM | Reply

#8 | Posted by oneironaut

And? Nobody said there were zero cases.

And how many of those were from raw dairy as opposed to, oh I don't know, the most common cause of infection, raw/undercooked chicken?

#10 | Posted by jpw at 2026-06-04 04:06 PM | Reply

Onelumpofs*&^ is so in the bag for MAGA he's actually defending voluntary food poisoning by abject stupidity.

#11 | Posted by jpw at 2026-06-04 04:07 PM | Reply

Onelumpofs*&^ is so in the bag for MAGA

His shtick is just "Nuh-uh!".

#12 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-06-04 04:14 PM | Reply

up here in the Pacific Northwest there is a reason why we call Idaho "the south of the northwest." These Cletuses go thru "the horse paste" like it's candy.

#13 | Posted by a_monson at 2026-06-04 04:20 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

White People Things.

#14 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-04 05:37 PM | Reply

re: #4 Nixon

The Darwin Awards Committee is busy as all fcnk

#15 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-06-04 08:58 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

The average consumer doesn't have the immunity to be able to consume raw milk without any problem. It's not for everyone. Just sayin

#16 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-06-04 09:04 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

&n bsp

@#8 ... Approximately 1.5 million people in the United States get ill from Campylobacter each year. ...

And the point of your current trolling alias is ... ?

That the number should be increased?

#17 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-04 09:15 PM | Reply

Found this ...

Push for raw milk intensifies across the US, despite illness outbreaks and scientists' warnings (April 2026)
www.nbcnews.com

... Backers of raw milk are pushing to make the potentially dangerous product more widely available and easier to obtain, even as a new disease outbreak " one of at least five in the past year " sickens U.S. children.

More than three dozen bills supporting raw milk have been introduced in statehouses across the nation, The Associated Press found. A growing number of states are making it legal to sell. Dairy farmers say they can barely keep it in stock, even though prices can exceed $10 or $20 a gallon. ...

#18 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-06-04 09:20 PM | Reply