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Great, more anti- peanut hysteria https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/10/nut_allergy_hysteria/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/10/nut_allergy_hysteri...
by protonfish 7y ago
Great, more anti- peanut hysteria https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/10/nut_allergy_hysteria/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/10/nut_allergy_hysteri...
- cletus 7y agoI'm sympathetic on this one. You can't just look at the number of deaths. The thing about nuts is they tend to be in foods small children want to otherwise eat. Reeses, pretzels filled with peanut butter [1], etc. The presence of nuts can also be non-obvious (eg a coworker had severe reaction to a curry IIRC that wasn't labelled as containing nuts. [1] https://fox13now.com/2013/04/26/boy-11-dies-after-severe-allergic-reaction/ https://fox13now.com/2013/04/26/boy-11-dies-after-severe-all...
- protonfish 7y agoObsessing over a single data point instead of prioritization of dangers to children based on actual risk factors - frequency and level of effects - is the very definition or irrational action.