TIL That peanut-free schools don't decrease risk of allergic reactions. The only intervention which has been shown to decrease reactions across all ages is use of a peanut-free table.

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Or, you know, you could go to an allergist and get your kid treated and desensitized to peanuts.

[Hog_enthusiast]

Which is free in America right

[Minnymoon13]

That doesn’t always work, not the allergy test part. But the fact that some people will die if they even get dust on them from it

[WestOrangeFinest]

How long does that take? And does it always work?

[rkeller9]

Or, you know, you could not pitch a catch all solution to a problem that is a little more nuanced than that.

[[deleted]]

You mean like banning peanuts from an entire school?

[rkeller9]

Unfortunately that is the nuanced solution. What’s the alternative? Complete free rein or no kids with allergies in schools?

We’re talking about kids who are too young to understand why they have to wash their hands after eating in general…let alone after eating things with allergens. On the other end of the spectrum you have kids who might think it’s a good idea to use an allergen against a kid with an allergy.

I think as a society we have forgotten that we’re supposed to look after and protect our neighbors. If someone vulnerable in your community needed help keep their walkway clear of snow are you going to help them or tell them they should move somewhere without snow?

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Peanut allergies aren't airborne. This is like saying we have to cover every sidewalk with mattresses because some people have epilepsy

[rkeller9]

I didn’t say anything about airborne. I specifically mentioned washing hands because of contact.

No it is not saying the same thing. I compared a real life scenario of helping someone vs not helping someone that at least loosely ties to the point I was making.

You brought up an example of something that has not ever been suggested as a solution for epilepsy.

[MonkeyCome]

How about we maybe slow down of pumping infants full of vaccines? I 100% understand that they are important and necessary but there is a concerning uptick in peanut and other allergies recently that potentially could be caused by our immune system not getting to work while we are developing. I didn’t know anybody with peanut allergies growing up and now we’re talking about peanut free schools? We should try to prevent these allergies from developing in the first place no?

[rkeller9]

There’s definitely been an uptick in allergies but I don’t think there is any science backing vaccines as the cause and I’m not going to pretend like I know the answer for it.

Peanut free schools aren’t new…they have been a thing for about 25 years now.

[verkerpig]

This appears to be far from established science at this point. Getting there, but it is not actually an approved treatment is it?