Call me crazy but I've never considered eating bacon "safe" in as much as I considered eating a Ribeye "safe". Also who are these mythological deep bacon state

Call me crazy but I've never considered eating bacon "safe" in as much as I considered eating a Ribeye "safe". Also who are these mythological deep bacon state actors convincing everyone eating bacon is safe? I question the premise of the subtitle. I went deep into the article searching for clues, but all the only substance there was some squabbles around nitrite based curing versus traditional salt curing.