Why is it that no one had any peanut allergies when I was growing up in the 60s?
There were thousands of kids in the various schools I attended, and no one ever complained of dire results from smelling someone’s PB&J!
Sorry, but I think it is a crock. If someone is that delicate, they shouldn’t go in public without wearing a giant condom.
I was just talking to a (former) co-worker about this kind of thing the other day.
She made the good point that not only is info flying around so much more readily than even 15 years ago, but there are that many more people in the world/America.
Thus, perhaps the % of people affected hasn’t actually changed, just the absolute #? And it’s much more “visible” both from larger #s and more media/information outlets.
She also said in her child’s school, a child who has the allergy simply has a “nut-free zone” in the cafeteria, a table where no-one may bring nuts. It’s as simple as that, apparently. As opposed to the parents making whole schools shut down over peanuts.
But if it really is a growing problem, I keep wondering HOW we got this way? Is it that ninnies who are afraid of everything and have thus ruined their kids’ systems by not making them more robust?