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I think instead of straight prohibit, raw milk should be purchasable if the buyer understands the dangers, and knows how to treat their own usage so that it's safe - for example, they boil it themselves.

There's plenty of things that are dangerous and can kill you, but we don't and shouldn't prohibit it all. Instead, society should aim to educate, and also put in warning labels etc.

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If you understand the danger then is a hospital still required to treat you?

That’s private benefit and socialized risk.

If you’re going to be taking communal resources then you should need to uphold some community standards.

Yes, just like they're required to treat you if you break a leg skiing. Just like they're required to treat you if you're obese.

If you dont want public hospitaps to treat certain things, you're welcome to advocate against public healthcare.

Public healthcare is not a justification for slavery.

Genuinely curious: why would you want to pasteurize your own milk? I get the “homemade cake” reasoning for desserts but I see very little benefit to pasteurizing milk yourself.

I don't care if it's pasteurized by me or someone else, I just don't want it homogenized. It's more fun that way.

You can pasteurize it yourself with very little extra effort when making espresso drinks, since you need to heat the milk with a steam wand anyway. The flavor and especially foam of a cappuccino are slightly better when made with self-pasteurized-while steaming raw milk vs equivalent non raw Jersey milk in my at home blind taste tests.

Note: it's not a blind test of you've tasted one of them before but not the other.

That's a good point.

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