Nearly 60 Illnesses Linked to Raw Milk Consumption in Idaho
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[image or embed] -- ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper.com) 7:05 AM · Jun 4, 2026
it's because there's raw shit in the milk. consuming cow shit can lead to illness[image or embed]
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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.
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#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 2
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 | Funny: 1
#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: 3
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 2
&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. ...
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
Rather surprised that Idaho has any public health tracking ability anymore. Figured they had been purged by now.
#19 | Posted by mattm at 2026-06-05 11:35 AM | Reply
Canada shares two border crossings with Idaho.
I wouldn't be surprised if CBSA inspectors didn't ask for proof of vaccination or didn't conduct secondary inspections to see what the dumfux of Idaho might be bringing in to healthy, functioning Canada.
#20 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-05 11:47 AM | Reply
Those are both near me. Like portals into a different time.
#21 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-06-05 12:08 PM | Reply
This thread is stupid, imo.
Any food made with fecal matter is unsafe, when dealing with live bacteria that becomes paramount.
Raw milk isn't the issue and never will be, it's the lack of cleanliness in this specific instance.
Interesting how people presume this impacts only MAGA.
#22 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-06-05 08:42 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1
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#23 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-05 08:51 PM | Reply
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#24 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-06-05 11:03 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
#24 :-)
#25 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-05 11:05 PM | Reply
#24 Flag:
#26 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-05 11:09 PM | Reply
'Tis amazing ... 20 minutes on a Friday night and the sound of silence.
Subtract 15 or 20 so years, and you couldn't post a direct Retort because there were 20+ posts already posted ahead of your reply.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah ... get off my lawn ! :-)
#27 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-06-05 11:33 PM | Reply
Bacterial contamination can come from numerous sources.
It's a needless, stupid risk pushed by people too stupid to realize there was a reason pasteurization was developed.
Arguing for this is really, really dumb.
#28 | Posted by jpw at 2026-06-06 12:05 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
28 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2026-06-06 12:05 PM | REPLY | FLAG:
Pasteurization allows for a sloppy milk-to-table operation and a longer shelf life. With proper cleaning techniques for the animals, raw milk is safe for human consumption. You're probably a little on the tarded side because you e never had any raw milk.
#29 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-06-06 12:37 PM | Reply
Fuck off imbecile.
#30 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-06-06 12:56 PM | Reply
#30 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-06-06 12:56 PM | Reply | Flag:
Ant the top of the afternoon to you too, shtbag.
#31 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-06-06 02:18 PM | Reply
Pasteurization allows for a sloppy milk-to-table operation and a longer shelf life.
AKA food safety.
With proper cleaning techniques for the animals, raw milk is safe for human consumption.
"Proper"
Given the frequency of food-based outbreaks/illness from highly regulated, much cleaner production facilities than dairy farms, again, this is really dumb to argue for. We're literally discussing this on a thread about an article on INCREASED illness from drinking unpasteurized milk.
Seriously, how f*&^ing stupid can you get, lfthndpedo?
You're probably a little on the tarded side because you e never had any raw milk.
#29 | Posted by lfthndthrds
This from the dumbf*&^ blathering on that it's possible while discussing an article on the predictable results of drinking unpasteurized milk...
#32 | Posted by jpw at 2026-06-06 02:37 PM | Reply
#32 | Posted by jpw at 2026-06-06 02:37 PM | Reply | Flag:
OK dumbass Doctor with the pDh, are you saying that the milk is what makes people sick and not the external contaminates? Done properly, raw milk is safe for human consumption.
Have you ever even been in a commercial dairy while operating? It's filthy. The cows are standing in shtt outside waiting to get milked and they drag it in with them. Then they dip the teats in a solution to sterilize them and hook up the vacuum pump. That's the extent of their cleanliness program in the milking barn. And no, I wouldn't advise drinking THAT milk raw. But again, it can be done right and safe to drink.
#33 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-06-06 02:56 PM | Reply
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