@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