Yes. Pigs root in their shit and can catch parasites that can infect the human body. Even if you keep the pig clean, like a pet, they can have things in them that are deadly to human beings. Same reason you don't eat raw chicken. Common bacteria and parasites can harm human beings.
Maybe you just aren't getting good meat?
Healthy and clean pigs are filthy animals. Even the Bible acknowledges this. They are more filthy than dogs. This isn't a statement about how pigs are kept and raised. It's a comment on how they behave, what they do. They will eat their own shit. They body chemistry is similar enough to our that the things that infect them can infect us. This isn't me just talking about this is well known for centuries.
But hey, you want to risk your life swallowing down raw pork, you go for it. But for 4000 years, people have understood that you gotta thoroughly cook pork if you're gonna eat it.
Yep. I don't eat it, their stomachs are too simple, they're unclean.
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