[Lizavetta]

I’m 71, have been cooking chicken and turkey for years without poisoning myself or anyone else. I’ll continue to do what I like without the CDC’s advice.

I'm 55 and rinse off my chicken in the sink, pat it dry with paper towels, then commence with spicing and cooking.

I'm inclined to think this may be part of the "avoid meat" movement.

[trisham]

I'm inclined to think this may be part of the "avoid meat" movement.

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Interesting observation. I hadn't thought of that, but you may be right.

[mass55th]

"I'm inclined to think this may be part of the "avoid meat" movement."

You're probably right. My Dad always cooked on the weekends, and holidays. He used to take the frozen turkey, submerge it in a big pot of salted water, cover it, and put it in the back hallway overnight. Most of the time it was cold outside, and there wasn't any heat in that hallway. People would cringe these days if someone did that. Neither him, my mother, or my three siblings ever got sick by the way he prepped the turkey.