[True Republican Patriot]

You seem quite inveted in this “PEANUT PARANOIA!” You misstated or deliberately attacked accusing me of treating it as funny. I didn’t for your information, I believe it is Ridiculous and Blown out of all Proportion for a Delusional Few, obviously including You. My prayers to you and yours if you have lost someone dear to the MAD PEANUT or its mere presense. Auf Wiedersehen!

[True Republican Patriot]

Correction:

“Invested”

[scallali]

It is not paranoia. We discovered my son's allergy to peanuts when he was three. After getting a very small amount of peanut butter on his finger during a project in pre-school, his teacher thoroughly washed his hands. An hour later he was on his way to the doctor. By the time he got there he was completely swollen, required two doses of epinephrine, and literally almost died because his airway was almost swollen closed. It wasn't until after skin testing that the diagnosis was official, severe, life-threatening peanut allergy. The first day of school was terrifying for me, but the administration, nurse, and teachers have been wonderful! Flying is scary, but certain airlines are very supportive. They simply make an announcement before boarding and during the pre-flight security instructions asking passengers to refrain from consuming peanuts due to a passenger with a life-threatening peanut allergy. I, as his mother, take other precautions. I carry sanitizer and tons of wipes and wipe down the entire area before he touches anything and seat him by the window so that I am between him and any other passengers. We obviously do not fly airlines that do serve peanuts. We are scheduled to fly American later this month and they specifically told me that they could not guarantee a peanut free flight, but changed me to an early morning flight because their morning snack contains no nuts or nut products. They also said that they would make note so that the attendants would be aware that there was a passenger with a severe peanut allergy on board. I understand that they are not making any guarantees, but appreciate their willingness to work with me to keep my son safe.

[MEGoody]

You misstated or deliberately attacked accusing me of treating it as funny.

In your post 65, you said "Yep!!! Come on, peanuts, now there is a REAL Weapon of Mass Destruction!"

If you are trying to claim that you aren't being sarcastic, are you saying you believe peanuts truly are a weapon of mass destruction?

No, of course not. You were being sarcastic, which means you are making light of peanut allergies. I misstated nothing.

I believe it is Ridiculous and Blown out of all Proportion for a Delusional Few

You can believe what you want, but there are children who can have a serious reaction to even being in the vicinity of a peanut. I'm not saying that is true of this particular child. But it does occur.

My prayers to you and yours if you have lost someone dear to the MAD PEANUT or its mere presense.

Thankfully, I haven't had a family member die because of a peanut allergy. But I personally know of one acquaintance who did lose a child that way. They had no idea he had such an allergy until he died. Apparently, it's a 'phrase' thing that kids can go into and grow out of.

My prayers to you and yours that you nor any of your family members will ever die because of the MAD PEANUT, as you call it.