Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating raw cured bacon.

Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼

• Don Schaffner 🦠 on Twitter: “@mathowie @busblog Hey Matt, this is a great question. As raw meats go, bacon is pretty low risk. Based on this research done by my colleague Cathy Cutter @drkitty92 and her graduate student https://t.co/QgxuvlT5Au it looks like conventional bacon is pretty good at inhibiting pathogens.” / Twitter
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