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While the New Mexico Department of Health said it can't pinpoint the baby's exact cause of death, officials believe it could have been linked to the mother's drinking raw milk during pregnancy.

Health officials in New Mexico are warning against consuming raw dairy products after a newborn baby in the state died from a listeria infection that they say was likely contracted when the baby's mother drank raw milk during pregnancy.

The New Mexico Department of Health in a news release said that officials believe the mother consumed unpasteurized milk while pregnant, which could have led to the listeria infection.

Officials cannot pinpoint the exact source of the listeria that led to the baby's death, the release said, but it noted that "the tragic death underscores the serious risks raw dairy poses to pregnant women, young children, elderly New Mexicans and anyone with a weakened immune system."

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[–] madjo@piefed.social 87 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

If only we had a way to remove dangerous bacteria from milk. We could name it after its inventor... /sarcasm.

On the other hand, this is survival of the fittest. If you're willing to take risks with your foetus' health by drinking unpasteurized milk, maybe you shouldn't be a parent...

[–] Sabin10@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago (5 children)

The funny part is that some people in the raw milk community have started heating the milk before consumption to reduce the risk of illness. They swear its not pasteurization though, that's something different and bad.

[–] madjo@piefed.social 23 points 1 week ago

Can't fix stupid, I guess. These are the same people that would fall for the "there's chemicals in water, called DHMO!" meme.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They swear its not pasteurization though, that’s something different and bad.

That French, Yurrupeen socialism.

Dying by the shits is the way God intended.

[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Ironically the French are very passionate about their cheese made from raw milk.

It's still classified as somewhat dangerous, and people in high risk categories are advised not to consume it.

11 sick in French cheese E. coli outbreak | DAIRYSAFE - https://dairy-safe.com.au/11-sick-in-french-cheese-e-coli-outbreak/

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

You died from dysentery.

THE WAY GOD INTENDED. YOU WIN THE OREGON TRAIL!

[–] homura1650@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's nice that heating milk kills bacteria and viruses; but doing it too much can damage taste and nutrition. That's why I've been experimenting with ways to minimize the temperature and time needed to sanitize milk without otherwise damaging it. The deep state will never get me to drink pasturized milk!

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

you could filter it but that would require leftist science.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Idk if you can filter milk without really making a different product.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago

That’s why I’ve been experimenting with ways to minimize the temperature and time needed to sanitize milk without otherwise damaging it

15 seconds at 73C

[–] Elaine@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

TIL there is a raw milk community? Da fuq

[–] splashgarden@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 week ago

I'm going to lose my mind

[–] Klox@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Personally I think we'll continue to have problems if misinformation is never found culpable of the deaths that they cause. There's no way this person decided to drink unpasteurized milk alone. Who was her community and why aren't they being held accountable? I have the same concerns with the head of the HHS, and previous cases of stochastic terrorism. Our system of justice (or what it once was...) is just illprepared for this.

[–] duelistsage@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, the problem is these people bond over being ignorant pieces of shit.

It gets to the point where everyone is supposed to know the "meta" information and anyone who tries to be serious about something is ridiculed.

[–] samburwell96@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Man for real. I just lost a friend to this conspiracy bs

Half my family died during COVID before the vaccines were released because they thought it wasn't real.

Idiots.

Rugged individualism is a cancer that prevents us from enacting change on systems.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Google find me a website about why pasteurization is bad.

ChatGPT explain why raw milk is good and pasteurized milk is bad.

Imo these people are often being served what they want. The easiest things to do may be a series of truth in advertising related laws:

A) make chatbot companies liable for anything a chatbot tells a user (regardless of disclaimers),

B) a law that encodes similar levels of editorial process for large websites and social media power users as wikipedia: citations needed for any claim. (Note such a law would probably kill the right wing media overnight, if enforced)

C) affiliation disclosure requirements. For both social media users and websites. Farmers selling raw milk shouldn't also be hosting misinfo sites on pasteurization.

And finally: D) media algorithm transparency

[–] madjo@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

Good point. Sadly it's too easy to spread misinformation and remain unchecked.

[–] Decq@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I'm all for going after people who purposely spread misinformation. But I don't think this is solely on them. It's to easy to just blame them and absolve the individual of any responsibility of critical thought. It's not like information about pasteurized milk and the benefits isn't readily available. But they choose to ignore it, so that's on them too.

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week ago (4 children)

This isn’t survival of the fittest. Not one baby in human history was responsible for their own fitness or survival. This is survival of the poorly educated, poorly resourced, poorly connected communities. They’re trying to make ends meet with a baby, and unfortunately they couldn’t do that in a safe manner. It’s a tragedy, a hallmark of human life.

[–] madjo@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The baby hadn't been born yet. The would-be mother drank unpasteurized "raw" milk.

That's not a case of being poor or poorly resourced. It's a lot harder to source unpasteurized milk than it is to find milk that is safe to drink. You have to really go out of your way to buy that!

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is survival of the poorly educated, poorly resourced, poorly connected communities.

Or this is the "find out" moment for a MAGA housewife who spent the last year cheering on RFK Junior and yellilng about the "woke agenda" of pasteurization.

The point is, we don't know. But since RAW milk is both more expensive AND more inconvenient to obtain, I'm going to go with my theory over a poor mother.

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Sorry, I didn’t read the “New” in the title; shame on me. Nonetheless, unless this was murder, they were poorly educated and working with propagandized information. I don’t pity them for picking the side they did. I do pity them for the circumstances that led to them believing it was the right choice when they had.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Actually it's not a failure of the poorest of societies. Most the people that are these raw milk drinkers are usually people that are middle class to well off. The poorer end of the spectrum normally just purchase whatever regular milk is in the store cuz that's usually what WIC or mom and baby or whatever else is paying for.

[–] Thorry@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

Survival of the fittest doesn't only or even usually apply to a single individual. It only applies to populations and only over a long period of time. Plus the whole thing has been debunked anyways, evolutionary pressure only works till meh good enough levels, not beyond that. It's just a bad saying all round.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To all the people defending raw milk because it doesn't have chemicals added: heating up milk also doesn't have chemicals in it.

I look forward to complaints from the raw chicken lovers.

[–] BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

I'd like to state that milk DOES have chemicals in it, just typically not added ones.

[–] dancroissant@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Some people are so unbelievably stupid it's sad. On the other hand, there's very little difference in taste/texture versus non-pasteurized milk, some people think they prefer the taste of raw milk when what they're really enjoying is non-homogenized milk, which is still pasteurized.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

If only we had a way to remove dangerous bacteria from milk

If only just heating the milk for 30 minutes could prevent these deaths. Welp, what to do.

[–] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Overall I agree. That said, I am pretty sure that you don't have children or you would have chosen a different wording.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Should have mixed it with Listerine.

[–] Asmodeus_Krang 1 points 1 week ago

Nature don't play.