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by infecto 191 days ago
People always warn about this but don’t understand it. It’s like saying be careful driving your car, you may get in a wreck. Or hey be careful don’t eat undercooked meat.

There are so few cases of this annually and as someone who lives in Asia and has eaten a lot of rice I think the warning is overblown.
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IAmBroom 191 days ago
Agreed; I'm not clear at all how real the threat is.

The pathogenic bacteria can survive boiling: bad for us.

Infections seem rare: better.

Counterpoint anecdata: I had Giardia once, and that's a month I never want to repeat. Ever. (survives boiling; isn't super common)

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amypetrik8 191 days ago
I had giardia one time .. actually I still have it :(

I went to see the physician to treat it, a MD, at least I thought. The doc said he wanted to give me "ivermectin" to eliminate the infection(!!!). Ivermectin(!?!). is this a weird COVID quack? I don't see how a HORSE DEWORMER has any place in human medicine - I'd rather keep the giardia, thanks, then take some quack horse dewormer drug

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lucyjojo 191 days ago
My father almost died from old rice and my brother got seriously sick and hospitalized from another old sitting starchy something.

So it seems very real for me.

classic chubbyemu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXnSYfv6bCA

please. don't take unnecessary risks with food...

in most cases it's not like "not getting involved in an accident". there are things you can do to avoid egregious cases.

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