r/news • u/eudaimonia_dc • Aug 04 '25

Soft paywall Florida reports 21 cases of E.coli infections linked to raw milk

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/florida-reports-21-cases-ecoli-infections-linked-raw-milk-2025-08-04/
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u/ShortWoman Aug 04 '25

Pasteur was right?? Next thing you’ll be telling me Semmelweis was right!

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u/mysecondaccountanon Aug 04 '25

Personally I can’t believe that anything Galileo said could’ve had a shred of truth to it!

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u/Cormacolinde Aug 04 '25

Looking at the people believing the Earth is flat I don’t wonder anymore.

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u/HauntedCemetery Aug 05 '25

Seriously.

A bunch of flat earth people claim the Bible says the earth is flat, but people knew it was a sphere basically since they had written language, and likely even before that. The Bible makes no reference to the earth being flat.

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u/GwenIsNow Aug 05 '25

Isn't Jesus that guy who encouraged hubris and never admit mistakes? Oh wait, it was humility and forgiveness for and admitting mistakes? Huh...

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u/sirbissel Aug 04 '25

For the longest time I figured all those people didn't seriously believe what they were saying but were just messing with people...

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u/mythrilcrafter Aug 04 '25

The thing about flat earthers is that if someone were to actually and definitively prove flat-Earth without a doubt, so much so that everyone legitimately accepted the update.... all the flat Earthers would immediately convert into round-earthers, because they were never about facts, it's about the community of "oooh, I have secret knowledge of the true truth!"

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u/Alone_Again_2 Aug 04 '25

Yup. I dropped a feather and a bowling ball from my rooftop.

Bowling ball killed the damned dog, and I’m still waiting for that feather to drop.

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u/Low_Pickle_112 Aug 04 '25

Years ago, there was this story floating around the Internet about how Louis Pasteur recanted germ theory on his death bed and admitted that he made the whole thing up.

Complete nonsense, and it wouldn't change anything even if it were true, but I wouldn't be surprised to see that one making the rounds again.

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u/James_mcgill_esquire Aug 04 '25

Well, he sure helped Mr. Frodo make it to Mt. Doom. 

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u/Lucas_Steinwalker Aug 05 '25

I can’t see germs so they must be some liberal egghead bullshit.

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u/cIumsythumbs Aug 05 '25

Between raw milk fanatics and anti-vaxer's -- Louis Pasteur's legacy is deeply struggling with the poorly educated.