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(UK) Girl, 14, with severe nut allergy nearly died aboard BA flight after passenger 'refused to stop eating peanuts despite TWICE being told by cabin crew
FOR MAILONLINE ^ | 6 June 2022 | NICK PISA

Posted on 06/06/2022 9:13:00 AM PDT by dennisw

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To: DiogenesLamp

This girl should stay at least 100 feet away from Jimmy Carter... though I consider that good advice for everyone.


121 posted on 06/06/2022 10:11:24 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: Nifster

Then I would expect that such afflicted individuals would take care to protect themselves as opposed to appearing in public without any protection whatsoever and simply announce that all within range must comply with their request.


122 posted on 06/06/2022 10:12:23 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: poinq

An epipen is not a sure fire cure

You are ignorant about a severe allergic response. Anaphylactic shock is real


123 posted on 06/06/2022 10:13:22 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: fruser1
Barring that, why should the world over make any accommodation for such a rare case? They need to take the requisite steps to protect themselves because you cannot control the public at large.

Exactly my thinking. This is *their* danger, they need to take whatever steps are necessary to protect themselves no matter what anyone else does.

124 posted on 06/06/2022 10:13:47 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: JD_UTDallas

THANK you.

If I told someone to stop a certain behavior on a flight because their actions could cause harm or death to someone, you can bet I would have LE waiting and would follow through with filing every single complaint to any and every agency I could - FAA, local police and my union.

And to read that they were asking if anyone knew who the person was????!!!! They have his seat number and copies of his ID so they CAN figure it out.


125 posted on 06/06/2022 10:14:31 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: dennisw

Is this real?? Someone eating peanuts 10 rows in front can trigger that reaction? What are they eboli peanuts?


126 posted on 06/06/2022 10:14:48 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: seowulf

Perhaps you need to just leave this forum. Permanently.


127 posted on 06/06/2022 10:15:13 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: kosciusko51

You make a reasonable accommodation. Your kid isn’t going to starve over the course of a flight that lasts a few hours. And if the pilot tells you not to eat peanuts... you don’t eat peanuts. Its called “not being a dick”.


128 posted on 06/06/2022 10:15:28 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: DiogenesLamp

You are insane. Seriously. You have a mental disorder.


129 posted on 06/06/2022 10:15:36 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: dennisw

I have no comment other than to say it is sad that so many kids have allergies today that never existed in the past as such great numbers. I firmly believe this is due to kids not playing outside as toddlers. Their immune systems are simply not exposed to things that helps them build immunities.


130 posted on 06/06/2022 10:15:55 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: Not_Who_U_Think

“Considering plane ventilation, I’m not buying it.”

Most airplanes have HEPA filtration, so I think you’re right.


131 posted on 06/06/2022 10:16:28 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: dennisw

“...chicken pox parties and sleep overs”

Beats an STD sleepover, in case anybody’s wondering.


132 posted on 06/06/2022 10:16:40 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: fruser1

I do. Nut allergies can be triggered by only a few molecules in the air.


133 posted on 06/06/2022 10:18:29 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: kosciusko51

“I’m not saying peanut guy is right. But the mother exposed her daughter to that situation.”

Exactly. If the girl is that extremely sensitive she should have been wearing an N95 mask. What if people were eating peanuts in the airport or walked past a bar where peanuts were served as a bar snack?


134 posted on 06/06/2022 10:18:40 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

You would not have had to deal with any “medical emergencies” on my routes.. Guaranteed! 🤨


135 posted on 06/06/2022 10:18:58 AM PDT by justme4now (Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it)
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To: frogjerk

“I would not want to go thru life worried about what may happen to me accidently or from the actions of some schmuck.”

The schmuck is the idiot with the allergies who doesn’t take precautions of their own and wants to cry “VICTIM!” all the time.

I totally call BS to this story since peanuts were present on the flight before they flew, while walking through thee airport, etc. They have no proof the guy 10 rows down caused this problem.


136 posted on 06/06/2022 10:20:06 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: irishjuggler

This is my thought as well. Even the “peanut dust” type thing requires a certain volume of it in the air to be ingested thereby causing the anaphylaxis.


137 posted on 06/06/2022 10:20:33 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: BiglyCommentary

Personally, I don’t think I would go into anaphylaxis, but in my case I have experienced lesser symptoms from being exposed to particulate, such as hives and my eyes being irritated. Fortunately I was not in a sealed cabin and I could immediately leave the area for fresh air.


138 posted on 06/06/2022 10:20:45 AM PDT by Shadow44
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To: dennisw
First of all, I don't buy into this "peanut allergy" hysteria.

However, the passenger is a real jerk for continuing to eat peanuts after being told by the crew not to. Even if I thought the reason was silly, I would have simply put the peanuts away.

You never want to piss off the flight crew on a commercial airplane.

139 posted on 06/06/2022 10:20:46 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,201,662 active users on Truth Social)
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To: dennisw

That asshole ought to be charged with reckless endangerment at least.


140 posted on 06/06/2022 10:21:07 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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