Parents of children who have peanut allergies need to STFU and teach their children to watch what they eat.

Hey those sound good!

Why don't drug like Bendryl or not drowsy ones not work against peanut allergies? I mean, the peanut mommies are likely the "vaccines cause autism" types, but there has to be a large enough market for a prescription that prevents peanut allergies without having to eradicate peanuts like they're smallpox.

So, this (most likely exaggerated) outrage is for what? A peanut product? So, anyone opposing this product basically wants ALL peanuts and peanut products abolished?

/also, I've never heard of anaphylaxis shock - is that like sepsis shock?

FirstNationalBastard: Ah, Peanut allergies... wonder why they seemed to just spring up in the last 20 years?

Are peanuts trying to kill us now?

It's like the Happening, only even more lame.

/I know
//I didn't think it was possible either

How is legal to make dangerous products look like safe ones?

Confabulat: I think we need to distribute peanuts as far and wide as possible to remove this terrible genetic defect from our species.

If you can't survive exposure to a peanut, you don't deserve to live on planet Earth. You serve no function. Simple as that. Die.

I've known people with peanut allergies. They serve a function in society both good and bad.

As for you, trolling FARK doesn't count.

I swear to god this whole 'parents freak out over existence of peanuts' thing is some long-running troll that just trots it out to watch the other idiots salivate over a chance to prove how tough and totally not 'Pee Cee' they are. Either that or it's the same 8 idiots every time like the Parents Television Council or whatever that is always complaining to the FCC.

bigpete53: How many people die from peanut allergies each year?

From Wiki (see citation there)...

"Dr. Christakis points out that about 3.3 million Americans are allergic to nuts, and even more - 6.9 million - are allergic to seafood. But of 30 million hospitalizations each year, just 2,000 are due to food allergies, and about 150 people die annually from serious allergic food reactions. That's the same number of people killed by bee stings and lightning strikes combined. About 10,000 children are hospitalized annually with traumatic brain injuries from sports, 2,000 children drown each year, and about 1,300 die in gun accidents, he writes." Media sensationalism has also been blamed.[15]

FirstNationalBastard: Ah, Peanut allergies... wonder why they seemed to just spring up in the last 20 years?

Are peanuts trying to kill us now?

Modern science/medicine is making it so premature/sickly babies that wouldn't have lived past infancy 40 years ago now do.
These babies then grow up and have even sicklier babies sometimes.

Oh, America. I deride you sometimes, but you redeem yourself by having soooo many delicious varieties and flavours of every product.

/mental note to get Peanut Butter Cheerios next time I'm in Point Roberts

OMG for some reason I read that as peanut butter cheetos.

I was still going to try them.

FirstNationalBastard: Ah, Peanut allergies... wonder why they seemed to just spring up in the last 20 years?

Are peanuts trying to kill us now?

Jenny Mccarthy will explain it to you.

Oh for Fark's sake, Fark off you whiny farking biatches! If you had your way peanuts and peanut butter would be banned in the world. Well, tough shiat that your farking little snowflake got a bum wrap and is allergic to peanuts. Keep your hands off my farking peanuts!

Also, out of curiosity, if a company produces anything with peanuts do you boycott everything that that company makes? For example, do you refuse to buy 3 Musketeers, plain M&Ms, Starburst, and Skittles because Mars makes Snickers bars? I am betting that you do not refuse to buy all Mars' products because some of their products are made with peanuts. So stop your farking biatching about Peanut Cheerios. They are well aware that your precious little snowflake is an evolutionary weak link, but despite that they do not want to see your child die before it can pass its faulty genes along to the next generation. They will make sure that there is no cross contamination of products. So, please, shut your yammering traps and let the rest of us enjoy our peanuts in peace and quiet.

/rant

People are very upset about it," said Gina Clowes, founder of Allergy Moms, a national support group

Not anyone important.

NewportBarGuy: styckx: How did the human race make it this far?

Don't worry. The end is neigh.

styckx: How did the human race make it this far?

By ignoring those who yell about the sky falling.

Actually, our biggest 'leaps forward' were probably closer to 'pushing these inferiors off of a cliff'. Now we save them all and give money to the ones who need more warning labels.

I knew someone with a nephew was deathly allergic to peanuts, to the point where if someone ordered a peanut dish at a restaurant and the dish got even remotely close to him, his throat would close up. She'd pretty much say that this boycott is stupid.

Just about everything food-wise has been exposed to peanuts (or nuts in general) at some point in time, so it's near impossible to avoid everything. Either grow and make your own food from scratch or adapt.

Some results vary (new window) with number as low as 10 deaths a year in the U.S., to a contested number of roughly 120 a year.

In America, about 10 people per year die from peanut allergies. Link (new window)

The claim that 150 to 200 people die each year from anaphylaxis is grossly exaggerated. In 2004, the Centers for Disease Control cited just 14 deaths due to anaphylaxis. The only known registry of deaths from anaphylaxis noted 33 deaths between 1994 and 1999. Remember, all of these estimates refer to the total number of people who had an anaphylactic reaction for any reason, not just from peanuts or other foods. Link (new window)

bigpete53: LowbrowDeluxe: I swear to god this whole 'parents freak out over existence of peanuts' thing is some long-running troll that just trots it out to watch the other idiots salivate over a chance to prove how tough and totally not 'Pee Cee' they are. Either that or it's the same 8 idiots every time like the Parents Television Council or whatever that is always complaining to the FCC.

I don't really care about the allergies, but I do wonder - how many people die each year from a peanut allergy? Is it possible that this is overblown?

An ex-girlfirend of mine told me she was deathly allergic to peanuts, but I never saw her taking any kinds of pre-cautions against it at any restaurants we went too. Me thinks she was just wanting some kind of strange sympathy.

Bill_Wick's_Friend: Oh, America. I deride you sometimes, but you redeem yourself by having soooo many delicious varieties and flavours of every product.

/mental note to get Peanut Butter Cheerios next time I'm in Point Roberts

I don't know about your neck of the woods, but I still envy the Brits their seemingly endless flavours of crisps. (We do have a lot here, but they seem to be much more regionalized.)

"Clowes explained that the new Cheerios are indistinguishable from the regular flavor so it's easy for preschoolers, who are notorious for walking around with little baggies of cereal, to mix up their snacks with friends.

The Post points out that a Virginia girl died of a suspected peanut allergy last week on the school playground, mostly likely because she was sharing a friend's snack. First-grader Ammaria Johnson had broken out in hives and was suffering from shortness of breath when the school called the paramedics."

How is bad parenting the fault of the company that makes Cheerios? If your snowflake has a peanut allergy then you need to drill into your kid's head that they are not to accept snacks from anyone! Day in and day out drill into their little head to never eat anything from someone else. And if that is not good enough then talk with the other parents. Ask them to clearly label anything that has peanuts in it and tell them not to share anything with your child. Regardless, the responsibility is YOURS to teach proper behavior to YOUR child who is allergic to peanuts. Stop trying to make various companies responsible for your job of proper parenting.

Battlestar Girlactica: I knew someone with a nephew was deathly allergic to peanuts, to the point where if someone ordered a peanut dish at a restaurant and the dish got even remotely close to him, his throat would close up. She'd pretty much say that this boycott is stupid.

Just about everything food-wise has been exposed to peanuts (or nuts in general) at some point in time, so it's near impossible to avoid everything. Either grow and make your own food from scratch or adapt.

Walnuts and pecans make my throat itch. Peanuts, almonds, etc; never gave me any problems. The itchy throat won't stop me from enjoying some pecan pie.

THINK OF IT AS EVOLUTION IN ACTION.

In the long run, the progeny of stupid parents won't mate and have offspring ;)

As the parent of 2 girls both with peanut allergies all I can say is BFD. I just won't buy the peanut butter cheerios. Wow. That was really hard. Both my girls know not to just eat something they are handed without questioning it.

Which is probably something all kids need to learn. Comes in handy when they are teenagers and are at a party. Don't drink something handed to you.

/child of the eighties
//people used to like to drop acid in a drink and hand to some unsuspecting clod and watch the hilarity
///course no one had to put it in my drink, but that is another story
////Oh look! The sound has color!!

You "parents" are concerned about this product. Here's a hint, don't buy it you farking retarded monkeys! There, problem solved.

th0rr: As the parent of 2 girls both with peanut allergies all I can say is BFD. I just won't buy the peanut butter cheerios. Wow. That was really hard. Both my girls know not to just eat something they are handed without questioning it.

Which is probably something all kids need to learn. Comes in handy when they are teenagers and are at a party. Don't drink something handed to you.

/child of the eighties
//people used to like to drop acid in a drink and hand to some unsuspecting clod and watch the hilarity
///course no one had to put it in my drink, but that is another story
////Oh look! The sound has color!!

Please don't confuse the issue with logic. That has no place here ;)

Tainted1: You "parents" are concerned about this product. Here's a hint, don't buy it you farking retarded monkeys! There, problem solved.

And just how the hell are these people supposed to know that there are peanuts in this product!?!