[quote]andrew_live wrote:
[quote]almostflipped wrote:
[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
Ok seriously…I have a family member who is seriously allergic to peanuts. He is completely fine as long as he doesn’t eat them. If he eats them, he can die. If he doesn’t he’s fine. I have a hard time believing this skank is going to have serious issues because someone 2 seats over is eating peanuts.[/quote]
You would do well to spend 5’ on google to discover how little you know about a health topic. Trolling is one thing, spreading opinions that are downright dangerous is another. A couple milligrams exposure is all that is needed to induce an anaphylactic reaction in particularly severe patients and this has been recorded many times from inhalation exposure.
As for banning peanuts, seems extreme to me. I do think it’s fair to post a warning somewhere that peanuts will be on flights, products, foods, etc… as that allows free choice based on full information. However banning the item from an optional venue is extreme. Good business sense however might lead an airline to distribute snacks without peanuts as this could entice allergic flyers away from other companies.[/quote]
Yeah bud I guess you get some points for that.
…Yes. I keep track. I have a list…
I’m a little biased against all of this since I started hearing about people getting suspended from schools for bringing chocolate bars to school with peanuts in them. Now I know schools are not an optional venue but they are not the only option. I think it is just the Algoma District where I live and surrounding cities that enacted this rule. Just another way to tell everyone who is in control.
In the mean time lets find Sophia’s address and mail her a box of assorted peanuts. A peanut assassination.![/quote]
You obviously have no clue about food allergies so I won’t be too hard on you.
First off, as way pointed out some allergies are worse than others. My daughter will have a reaction from someone eating peanuts and then touching her. She does not have to be anywhere near the actual peanuts.
Banning peanuts from planes is extreme. We know the dangers so we don’t fly. Not distributing peanut foods on planes, which some airlines have done, may help some but it won’t help others like my daughter. Some airlines have mentioned that they might start having some planes where peanut foods will not be allowed, that would help.
I can only imagine how awful it would be to have to go without peanuts for a few hours of a plane ride. A terrible inconvenience I’m sure.
I’ll tell you what sucks, is having to carry around benadryl and epi pens everywhere you go knowing that any given day you may have to stick a large needle in your kids leg and hope an ambulance can get to her before she dies. There is enough shit to worry about when you have kids adding food allergies to it really pushes it to the limit.
I could fill pages trying to explain the topic, but I doubt anyone would understand or care so I won’t. And the school thing is just absurd. We thought it was crazy at first when peanut products were getting banned, before our youngest with the allergies was born. When you witness how powerful these allergies are first hand, it changes your perspective. We were uneducated like most.
I know this all started because she has to travel for her job and it would be easy if she just chose another job. But it does go way beyond that. Unfortunately allergy numbers are going up and it will get worse. Eventually the airlines will have to do something because of the number of people affected. My guess is if they start to ban peanut products, peanut eaters will still fly. I know a lot of smokers that still fly even though they can’t smoke on a plane.
