Infant dies of listeria after mother consumes raw milk during pregnancy

[thewayne]

Sigh. And it happened in my state of New Mexico.

Raw milk is something that Robert FUCKING Kennedy Junior Mint advocates for, claiming it's healthy. It is decidedly not. It's swarming with pathogens that can be quite deadly which is why the death rate went down after pasteurization became a dairy industry standard practice.

So all together now: Hey, Hey, RFK: how many kids have you killed today!

The medical examiner can't directly tie the infant's death to the raw milk consumption of the mother except noting there's not many other places the child could have contracted listeria from.


What's worse, I just read today that women are now training for pregnancy like they train for doing a triathlon. Including the consumption of raw milk. Thus I expect this is just the first such report that we'll be seeing like this.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/02/newborns-death-spurs-raw-milk-warning-in-new-mexico/

Comments

[disneydream06]

OMg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
People are insanely STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is it wrong of me to say, the babies don't deserve it, but the adults do. :o :o :o
Hugs, Jon

[armiphlage]

My grandparents owned a dairy farm.

My grandmother's health improved greatly when they sold the cows, and she started drinking pasteurized milk from the store.

[thewayne]

I read a description of what the milking shed is like.  I plan on never visiting a milking shed.  Or a dairy farm.

[thewayne]

An adult legitimately has the right to poison themselves.  People do it with alcohol and other drugs on a regular basis.  They do not have the right to do it to infants and minors.

[halfshellvenus]

Oh, that's sad. And this country, at least, seems to be full of spectacularly stupid people. Whose numbers have only increased with RFK's deadly incompetence. :(

[devilc]

I am SO SO glad I live in a state where the sale of raw milk is illegal.

[thewayne]

That is so cool!  I would class that as a major selling point to recruit people to NV, speaking as an immune-compromised person to whom raw milk consumption would be very dangerous.