Ugh. How big of a problem is this going to be?
That depends on whether the virus starts spreading human-to-human with each infected person infecting more than one other person.
If it does not, then things look like the SARS outbreak in 2002-2004, where a few people get sick, and a few people die.
If it starts spreading with R₀ > 1, then pretty much everybody gets it, and a significant number die.
We could reduce the risk of the latter with measures like:
- Actively test all dairy herds
- Vaccinate dairy workers, and regularly test them for infection
- Quarantine those who are infected
- Ban the sale of unpasteurized milk and crack down on existing black-market distribution of it
However, it seems really unlikely that we’ll actually do so.
- Ban the sale of unpasteurized milk and crack down on existing black-market distribution of it
RFK jr will help out here, right?
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I’m’ from Europe and drink fresh milk daily, eat Camembert and other unpasteurised cheeses, and raw meat (filet américain), never had any issue. Of course it’s not for young children and pregnant women… do you Americans see this the same way we consider drinking tap water in India ?
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