# Fermentation and COVID

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 18, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fermentation-and-covid/942339 "2021-05-18T03:20:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fermentation-and-covid/942339/21 "2021-05-20T06:31:01Z")

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At least locally, Costco very recently upped their honey price by $2 ☹

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**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fermentation-and-covid/942339/22 "2021-05-20T12:51:54Z")

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> [@TroutMan](#):
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> As stated above, beer isn’t a good environment for human pathogens.

My guess is that any bacteria that survive in beer will change the taste, probably souring the beer.  
AFAIK thin beer was used instead of drinking water, in the middleages, exactly because beer was safer to drink.

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