# How much do you worry about eating raw egg?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 29, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-worry-about-eating-raw-egg/836263 "2019-06-29T15:35:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-worry-about-eating-raw-egg/836263/21 "2019-07-01T03:45:10Z")

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Not at all. I think something like 1 in 10,000 eggs is contaminated with salmonella? Not worth worrying about. I would be more careful with my nephew who is immunocompromised, but I don’t worry at all for myself.

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**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-worry-about-eating-raw-egg/836263/22 "2019-07-01T03:52:19Z")

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> [@Bayaker](#):
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> I don’t worry at all. In fact this thread has me thinking about how wonderful it would be to whip up a cake batter and drink it like a milkshake.

Now I know what I’m having for dinner

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-worry-about-eating-raw-egg/836263/23 "2019-07-01T09:18:10Z")

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I didn’t know I was supposed to worry.

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**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-worry-about-eating-raw-egg/836263/24 "2019-07-01T13:13:44Z")

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Nope, not worth it to me. I’m a bit of a food safety freak, though. If there’s even a chance that something’s going to leave me in the bathroom for 24+ hours I want nothing to do with it.

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