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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that samples of pasteurized milk have tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus that has infected dairy cows.

The agency stressed that the material is inactivated and that the findings "do not represent actual virus that may be a risk to consumers." Officials added that they're continuing to study the issue.

"To date, we have seen nothing that would change our assessment that the commercial milk supply is safe," the FDA said in a statement on Tuesday.

The announcement comes nearly a month after an avian influenza virus that has sickened millions of wild and commercial birds in recent years was detected in dairy cows in at least eight states. The Agriculture Department (USDA) says 33 herds have been affected to date.

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[–] RainfallSonata@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I didn't get an answer when this was posted this morning: If you drink it, are you vaccinated against it? Serious question.

[–] qantravon@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Not likely. Your stomach acid probably destroys what's left of the virus before it enters the bloodstream, meaning there's nothing for your immune system to train against. There's a reason we don't drink vaccines.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Got it, so we have to inject the milk.

[–] Garbanzo@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Hang on, I've been injecting bleach on Trump's recommendation. Do I need to switch to milk or add it to my usual system cleaning routine?

[–] MelastSB@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Obviously the bleach destroys the virus, you have to alternate treatment: one week bleach, one week virus.

(please don't)

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

When do we remove the light bulb from our ass?

[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think the most commonly used polio vaccine is administered orally

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It was partially live, which was why they stopped using it in developed countries; the risk of developing polio after taking it is small but not nonexistent.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I thought the risk of developing polio wasn't to the person receiving the vaccine, but to other, unvaccinated people in an area with poor sanitation.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That’s also a concern, but about 1 in 2 million people who get the oral vaccine become paralyzed from it. It being a live vaccine instead of a an inactive one means there’s going to be those risks.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks. I really appreciate the response, especially with the reference!

[–] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It is more common than you think. Unfortunately, a large part of global public health policy focuses on sacrificing the safety of the poor in order to protect the rich. So, we will continue to use the cheaper oral vaccines that paralyze children instead of developing the infrastructure to administer attenuated vaccines that we know are safe.

https://apnews.com/article/health-united-nations-ap-top-news-pakistan-international-news-7d8b0e32efd0480fbd12acf27729f6a5

[–] requiem@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

So are Cholera vaccines

[–] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are some oral vaccines. The polio vaccine had an oral version that was widely used.

[–] qantravon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I didn't actually realize that, but I would still argue they're not very common for a reason.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And the partial remnants of the virus are inactive, meaning they can't affect people in any way, shape or form.

The agency stressed that the material is inactivated and that the findings "do not represent actual virus that may be a risk to consumers." Officials added that they're continuing to study the issue.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 4 points 2 years ago

And the partial remnants of the virus are inactive, meaning they can’t affect people in any way, shape or form.

The warning, unspoken, was to the idiots drinking Raw Milk. I give it less than 90 days before one of them dies from H5N1.