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  1. @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social

    My Grandfather was a Physician and ran a field hospital in #England during #WWII .

    He kept a scrapbook including entire magazines from that time. In one of them we found the following gem...

    "An Opponent of #Pasteurization", Lawrence P. Garrod, Country Life, September 29, 1944

    My synopsis...

    Commenting on "The Case Against #Pasteurisation" (note different spelling) by John P. Bibby, Dr. Garrod knocks down all the #deceptions, #obfuscations, & #misdirections in the subject text. I counted at least seven:

    Obfuscating tables and figures
    Unsound use of statistics
    Assuming correlation implies causation
    Cherry-picked data
    Non-standardised data
    False equivalence (infection vs vaccination)
    Ignoring evidence

    The arguments presented by Mr. Bibby are surprisingly similar to #RFKJr 's eighty years later:

    The risks of drinking #rawmilk are minimal.
    The benefits of raw milk outweigh the risks.
    #Infections are good for children overall, even if some die.
    The #publichealth "establishment" is preventing people from being healthy.

    #Tuberculosis