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We shouldn't be doing either of these things. It wasn't a serious problem 20 years ago when kids would bring whatever allergens to lunch. Throwing away peanut f

We shouldn't be doing either of these things. It wasn't a serious problem 20 years ago when kids would bring whatever allergens to lunch. Throwing away peanut foods is an absurd overreaction and misdirection of food-safety resources.

fzeroracer 4y ago
Here's a story from around 14 years ago where this was a serious problem [1]. I could probably find more from 20 years ago if I looked further. [1] https://abcnews.go.com/Health/AllergiesNews/story?id=4659705&page=1 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/AllergiesNews/story?id=4659705...
- TreeRingCounter 4y ago
  I guarantee you that schools were not throwing out peanut butter sandwiches when I was a kid, and many of the schools I went to are doing so now. I'm sure you can find an article about peanut allergies at any point in recorded history where they had peanuts.
  - fzeroracer 4y ago
    Yes, and my schools were not throwing out sandwiches either. Schools started doing so because it became a serious liability issue with kids weaponizing it for bullying and leading to death. Unless you have a solution for the human condition that will stop people leveraging deadly allergies as a form of torment, then schools will keep doing so.
    - TreeRingCounter 4y ago
      > Schools started doing so because it became a serious liability issue with kids weaponizing it for bullying and leading to death This sounds completely absurd and hyperbolic, but let's say I took it at face value - why is this an issue now and not an issue when I was in school?
      - fzeroracer 4y ago
        I literally posted a story where this was happening, did you not read the link I shared? There are multiple other examples in just the past few years, and the thing is that all it takes is one inciting incident to cause massive problems for the school district.
      - drewrv 4y ago
        Why are you expecting the world now to exist as it was when you were a child?
        TreeRingCounter 4y ago
        This has nothing to do with expectations - it's an inquiry into why something is worse now, without a clear justification.
        drewrv 4y ago
        Your only argument for why it's "worse" is that it was different when you were in school. Maybe it was "worse" when you were in school.
drewrv 4y ago
The world has changed in the past 20 years. The world will change over the next 20 years.

fzeroracer 4y ago

Here's a story from around 14 years ago where this was a serious problem [1]. I could probably find more from 20 years ago if I looked further. [1] https://abcnews.go.com/Health/AllergiesNews/story?id=4659705&page=1 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/AllergiesNews/story?id=4659705...

TreeRingCounter 4y ago
I guarantee you that schools were not throwing out peanut butter sandwiches when I was a kid, and many of the schools I went to are doing so now. I'm sure you can find an article about peanut allergies at any point in recorded history where they had peanuts.
- fzeroracer 4y ago
  Yes, and my schools were not throwing out sandwiches either. Schools started doing so because it became a serious liability issue with kids weaponizing it for bullying and leading to death. Unless you have a solution for the human condition that will stop people leveraging deadly allergies as a form of torment, then schools will keep doing so.
  - TreeRingCounter 4y ago
    > Schools started doing so because it became a serious liability issue with kids weaponizing it for bullying and leading to death This sounds completely absurd and hyperbolic, but let's say I took it at face value - why is this an issue now and not an issue when I was in school?
    - fzeroracer 4y ago
      I literally posted a story where this was happening, did you not read the link I shared? There are multiple other examples in just the past few years, and the thing is that all it takes is one inciting incident to cause massive problems for the school district.
    - drewrv 4y ago
      Why are you expecting the world now to exist as it was when you were a child?
      - TreeRingCounter 4y ago
        This has nothing to do with expectations - it's an inquiry into why something is worse now, without a clear justification.
        drewrv 4y ago
        Your only argument for why it's "worse" is that it was different when you were in school. Maybe it was "worse" when you were in school.

drewrv 4y ago

The world has changed in the past 20 years. The world will change over the next 20 years.