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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago (16 children)

Pathogens don't care whether or not you spread them to other people who don't drink raw milk, I'm afraid.

[–] ubergeek 10 points 14 hours ago (15 children)

And people who care, actually do things like get vaccines, and believe doctors.

[–] mycelium_underground@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (4 children)

Unless they can't, some people are immunocompromised. The world is more complicated than you think, so try thinking instead of reacting.

[–] ubergeek 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Well, I get that. And at this point, I'm sicking of trying to keep people from setting the house on fire, while they are dousing themselves with gasoline.

[–] mycelium_underground@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

You are living in the same house

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Don't even bother. They think you can vaccinate against bacteria. And they've doubled down on it three times now.

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 0 points 46 minutes ago

Several vaccines against extracellular bacteria have been developed in the past and are still used successfully today, e.g., vaccines against tetanus, pertussis, and diphtheria. However, while induction of antibody production is usually sufficient for protection against extracellular bacteria, vaccination against intracellular bacteria is much more difficult because effective defense against these pathogens requires T cell-mediated responses, particularly the activation of cytotoxic CD8+ T cells. These responses are usually not efficiently elicited by immunization with non-living whole cell antigens or subunit vaccines, so that other antigen delivery strategies are required.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9144739/

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