Mum-of-Five, 42, Died After Eating Vegan Pret a Manger Wrap

Express ^ | Tue, Sep 6, 2022 | Bronwen Weatherby

[gundog]

Unless you mean the envelopes with the cheap adhesive that George bought for his wedding invitations.

[Dr. Sivana]

I read some years back about a woman who went ballistic on some other woman because her child was eating a peanut butter cracker while seated in a shopping cart. That really irritated me.

My wife has another relative with a serious sensitivity to all sorts of airborne items, cigarette smoke, perfume, etc. Besides being a polite Canadian, she knows she has to be careful about avoiding situations. Going to a crowded church? Stay away from the Italians. Going to the supermarket? Pick a less busy time, etc. Except for obeying the rules of the establishment on smoking, she is not interested in making her problem their problem. It is the polite Canadian way.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“severity of allergies has risen over the last 50 years.”

Yeah, I’ve noticed that as well as read about that, too.

When I was a kid long ago, everybody brought PB&J sandwiches to school for lunch.

[nickcarraway]

Yes, when I was a kid, there were peanuts everywhere. And I supposed some kids did have allergies, but I don’t remember any emergencies.

[rlmorel]

That is the way it should be. If I had a severe allergy to something, I just feel it would be my responsibility to avoid it if it is that dangerous to me, and to have the proper medication if there is some at all times, ensuring it is the right strength, not expired, and that I know how to administer it.

My ex-girlfriend’s mother died tragically when she had a severe asthma attack, and her poor husband broke both of the epi-pens trying to administer it.

Awful. Just awful. It really broke him.

[Dr. Sivana]

Some not-so-intelligent and not-necessarily-well-meaning illegal immigrants that can’t speak English are getting their food-handling cards here in the good old USA.

I found out that here in Arizona you are supposed to get a food handling card for any restaurant. I cannot quite wrap my mind around that. When I got my Pizza Hut job as a teen in Connecticut, I was handling all sorts of ingredients, didn't have to wear gloves when making the pizzas. Heck, I even sampled the toppings while making the stuff and no one said boo. We could also get the pork and beef topping confused, as both looked like rabbit pellets. If you have a severe allergy, DON'T eat any place where the food is prepared by a teenage version of me.

[nickcarraway]

I have a friend who is allergic to fish, among other things, but I don’t think it’s fatal.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“they didn’t think butter would be a problem”

Holy crap! A HOSPITAL nutritionist thought that? Of course, that was probably long ago before everybody got sensitized to the potential problem.

I met a young lady on a flight to Boston over 40 years ago. We hit it off and we dated a few times on my return business trips to Boston. We went to Legal Seafood one night on a date. She knew she was allergic to shellfish, yet she ordered the lobster anyway! By the end of the meal, she was breaking out in hives all over the place. She was so miserable I dropped her off and said “good night.” LOL...that was a date I’ll never forget! It never occurred to me that she might have died from that allergic reaction.

[PGR88]

If you have a life threatening allergy, do not eat food made by other people.

A friend's daughter has a severe dairy and nut allergy. she would never feed her daughter anything from a restaurant ever.

[grcuster]

I always wondered what has changed with the food supply. Just a few years ago I experienced a severe allergic food related reaction where I ended up in ICU. For an unknown reason I have become allergic to vegetables.

[Dr. Sivana]

She knew she was allergic to shellfish, yet she ordered the lobster anyway!

Wow. She should live here in Phoenix, less temptation to order seafood. Have a nice wineburger or Sonoran hot dog instead!

[gundog]

That ain’t the half of it. A friend and I ate at a Taco Time, years ago. He got condiments in packets, and I got the little paper cups of bulk stuff. For whatever reason I got a pretty nasty staph infection. He was fine. The place looked quite clean. There was a little runt of a beaner that couldn’t speak a word on intelligible English in there. I’m sure he probably had a third grade education. Trying to get the rudiments of microbiology into his idiot skull would seem impossible. .

[seowulf]

Pretty a mourir.

[jocon307]

“They seem to say that the severity of allergies has risen over the last 50 years.”

I think a kind of general theory about things like this is that we are just TOO clean nowadays. People do not get the chances to develop the immunities they once did.

Disclaimer: this is something I’ve gleaned from reading, unlike Dog Murderer Dr. A. Fauci, I am not “Science”.

[metmom]

If you have a life threatening allergy, do not eat food made by other people. The life you save may be your own.

This is truth.

[seowulf]

Pret a mourir.

I hate spell check (Je déteste le correcteur orthographique).

[metmom]

I always wondered what has changed with the food supply. Just a few years ago I experienced a severe allergic food related reaction where I ended up in ICU. For an unknown reason I have become allergic to vegetables.

It for sure happens.

Most people are genuinely shocked to learn that one can be allergic to veggies, but that is often the result of a cross reactivity to some kind of pollen in a similar plant family.

OTOH, you could have a mast cell disorder and something besides an allergen is provoking an allergic type response.

Look up MCAD - Mast Cell Activation Syndrome

That’s what I have been diagnosed with and I can’t eat any veggies. I react to them all.

[Larry Lucido]

:-)

[VTenigma]

Some say it’s not the food supply but the vaccinations. When I was a kid we got 4. I have heard now some kids get up to 80 with large multiples given at once.

[alexander_busek]

They seem to say that the severity of allergies has risen over the last 50 years.

Media coverage of allergies has risen...

Regards,