What’s the most dangerous thing you’ve done this week? For some people, it may have been cliff-diving into shark-infested waters in an effort to rescue a 90-year-old woman in a wheelchair from armed drug lords. For others, it may have been eating RAW COOKIE DOUGH.
The CDC has been ramping up its warnings about consuming raw cookie dough, not just because of the salmonella dangers of raw eggs . . . but because of E. coli risks associated with eating raw flour.
But in a recent poll, most people are not concerned. 55% of Americans say they think raw cookie dough is safe to eat, with 20% saying it’s “very safe.”
21% of people don’t think the CDC should be warning people about the risks of foodborne illnesses in raw cookie dough.
And 67% of Americans admit to eating cookie dough in the past. And 51% say they’ve done it regularly.
(The cross-section of people who are most likely to say that raw cookie dough is “very safe” is: White, conservative-leaning men in the Midwest, who are between the ages of 45 and 64.)
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