Here we go again....You haven't heard about anyone getting sick do dying from hombebrweing because;
NOTHING PATHOGENIC CAN GROW IN WHAT WE MAKE!!!
You can't get sick from PERIOD, old, new, or ancient...It doesn't matter. Nothing that can live in fermented beverages can harm you period....No food poisoning or anything.
The whole history of beer, wine, mead and cider (though there is some evidence that e-coli has been found in NON ALCOHOLIC apple cider made with groundfall apples, but no evidence that tha survives the fermentation process)/Fermentation is general is that nothing pathogenic can exist in them They were consumed in places where the water could kill you, or make you sick.
Even slightly fermented beverages were consumed, even by children. Hard ciders were drunk like we drink bottled water.
Why do you think the Catholic Church chose wine as the basis of their sacrament? Because wine was more important to the culture of the desert where Christianity came from than water. Water safe, drinkable water was rare. So wine was the safer, common beverage of the day.
We've covered everything even with some citations in this thread.
Dangers of Homebrewing
And some more info
here as well.
It covers all the bugaboos that new brewers wanna fear, botulism, mycotoxins, e-coli, zombies....