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Re:Lawmakers Drink Raw Milk to Celebrate Legality, Become Im... by thehappypm on Saturday March 26, 2022 @06:10AM (#30810593)
The CDC recommends ground beef cooked to 160F, which is well above “rare” temperature (around 130F). So, you’re going against the food safety guidelines. I’d say that introduces risk (though hard to quantify exactly).

https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/communication/bbq-iq.html

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Re:Lawmakers Drink Raw Milk to Celebrate Legality, Become Im... by stickfigure on Sunday March 27, 2022 @01:14AM (#30817887)
That same page says steaks should go to 145F which is pretty far into medium and will get you looked at funny in most reputable steakhouses.

So let's go back to: If you don't quantify risk, you're not providing a useful comment. That applies to the CDC too.

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Re:Lawmakers Drink Raw Milk to Celebrate Legality, Become Im... by thehappypm on Monday March 28, 2022 @02:57PM (#30834200)
Good luck quantifying real world risks. What’s the risk of getting sick from a rare burger? Well, it’s the probability of a bad bacteria being present, then it not being killed by the cooking, and then actually taking root in your body.. good luck getting a number
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