I call bullcrap on this one. We drank raw milk as a kid and we all were quite healthy. We used to make our own butter from the cream we skimmed off the top and it was awesome. I tried to buy some raw milk from a dairy once and the guy looked at me like I was insane! After I explained why he proceeded to tell me about how regulated it is. And the only way to get raw milk was to own my own cow or buy into a “collective” cow. What kind of crap is that?
Guess what? Cigarettes are bad for you too. But I can buy them damn near anywhere.
You might want to consider the difference between anecdotal evidence, which is what your story is, and statistical evidence, which is what the CDC produced.
You don’t have to believe it or accept it, but your personal experience tells us very little about what others can expect.
The “150 times” number may be somewhat misleading. It is likely disease caused by raw milk is very rare, while that caused by pasteurized milk is pretty much non-existent. That means you can have such a differential while the raw milk is still not really much of a risk.
I, too, grew up on the raw milk that my Dad brought in nightly from the barn.
However, we know more now about pathogens than we did then.
After a particularly frightening outbreak of brucellosis in our area, my parents bought a pasteurizer. Milk tasted the same.
You have a right to drink raw milk or even eat raw eggs and meat if you like. But applying knowledge and common sense is more likely to keep you well.
Most states require dairies to be certifies in order to sell raw milk.
Pasteurization was developed and mandated for very good reasons.
Kids aren’t supposed to use tobacco, but they are expected to consume milk.