eli5: why can’t we eat cookie dough because it’s got raw egg in it, but athletes eat straight raw egg and they’re fine?

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eli5: why can’t we eat cookie dough because it’s got raw egg in it, but athletes eat straight raw egg and they’re fine?

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Cookie dough isn’t a salmonella risk because of eggs, it’s an issue because of the flour.
https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/communication/no-raw-dough.html
As well as athletes, a lot of Asian cultures eat raw or barely cooked eggs and there isn’t a huge issue of salmonella from. Doing so

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