You do realise that in a lot of country kids, toddlers and babies are given raw milk as part of their regular diet, right? Is your niece lactose intolerant?

Every day, we look out upon the marvels of science that have made our lives cleaner and safer - Overall, so much better than the olden times of "Well, they died. Horribly. We don't know why exactly." And it worries me greatly that basic scientific literacy is so low that there's a seemingly incredibly huge *and growing* contingent of people out there who proudly, enthusiastically reject these innovations outright - Not just that, but also truly believe that in doing so, they're living healthier lives. This isn't just quibbling over specifics, or looking to tinker with designs and formulations. This isn't "This unfortunately doesn't work for some subset of the population, and alternate ingredients/methods should be pursued". This whole ideology is "Science bad!". Vaccines have saved millions of lives. Pasteurization has saved millions of lives. Modern medicine and treatment - Despite the problems of the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries (which is less inherent to them, and more the fact that they've been run as for-profit industries) - Have saved millions of lives. On top of that, all three processes have absolutely reduced suffering massively across the board on top of lives saved. Perhaps I'm underselling just how much they've helped. To reject all of this and turn towards proudly avoiding it all *and encouraging others to do the same*, come what may, speaks of a massive failure, at the societal level, of imparting the values of education and compassion over the previous few generations.

And that, my friends, is why paramedics ask the famous question "What have they eaten last" to the people they are examining. The doctor will be very interested about this raw milk comment.

My Mom’s parents had a cow and none of their milk was pasteurized. And 4 out of 5 of their children survived childhood… If it’s your cow and you know what you are doing as a farmer, you probably have clean and sanitary milk. But frankly buying the milk or getting unpasteurized milk from a “friend” is risky. There was a reason Pasteur invented pasteurization - It saved kids lives!