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On Friday, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it would begin a nationwide testing program for the presence of the H5N1 flu virus, also known as the bird flu. Testing will focus on pre-pasteurized milk at dairy processing facilities (pasteurization inactivates the virus), but the order that’s launching the program will require anybody involved with milk production before then to provide samples to the USDA on request. That includes “any entity responsible for a dairy farm, bulk milk transporter, bulk milk transfer station, or dairy processing facility.”
The ultimate goal is to identify individual herds where the virus is circulating and use the agency’s existing powers to do contact tracing and restrict the movement of cattle, with the ultimate goal of eliminating the virus from US herds.
I can’t barely afford normal milk
You can buy in bulk or make your own oat milk using a blender.
Can’t afford to buy in bulk. Don’t have a blender.
Plant-based milk tends to be a little pricier in my experience. Dairy milk is only cheaper because of the billions in subsidies they receive and the economies of scale.
I know. Still doesn’t change the fact I can’t afford it.
If you go on a whole foods plant based diet it can reduce your grocery bills by 20-30%, that can help with buying safer milk thus avoiding the hormones, contaminants and casomorphins.
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-11-11-sustainable-eating-cheaper-and-healthier-oxford-study
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2826289
Also plant-based milk is expected to become the majority of milk consumed by America very soon so the costs should come down.
im honestly gonna look into this
Don’t buy either, drink water
Water and bread for everyone!
How many animals you know that drink the milk of other animals for their whole life?
To be fair, many humans have a specific mutation to allow it, so it being rare is kind of irrelevant. Few animals have broken vitamin C synthesis, but nobody gives us shit for eating citrus.
We’re talking about someone saying they can’t afford to pay the difference between regular and plant based milk here. The solution is to just not drink either, no one needs to drink milk and it is expensive compared to just drinking water that is simply free.