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by drewcon 777 days ago
The virus is killed by pasteurization.

There is no live virus in the milk.

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Milk in the US is pasteurized at 63C for 30 minutes.

> The results show that at 54.5 °C, the virus [SARS-CoV-2] half-life was 10.8 ± 3.0 min and the time for a 90% decrease in infectivity was 35.4 ± 9.0 min. [1]

At 8.5 degrees hotter, I'm sure stuff happens quicker, but I doubt very much it kills them all. This study is in air - in liquid I imagine they would survive to a higher temperature.

It's far from clear that all virus particles are inactivated by pasteurization. Remember the main purpose of pasteurization is to kill most bacteria, to increase shelf life.

[1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7856623/

If anything it could vaccinate folks
Vaccine => Vaca => Cow

The OG Vaccine was rubbing pus from cowpox pustules into a scratch on your body.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox_vaccine#History

Please don't inject milk into your muscle tissue.
So that's how those GOMAD bros are getting all swole...
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