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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My nephew was visiting and a neighborhood kid gave him some chocolate with nuts. He has a severe allergy, six years old, and parents didnt have EpiPen with them.  He went to hospital and had to be sent to a children’s hospital.

Just a little caused a major reaction, it was scary.  [/quote]

Guess that’s his own problem to deal with. He should have stayed home if he was so allergic. [/quote]

Wait, are we time travelers to Sparta? [/quote]

Right? I'm pretty shocked by the lack of empathy on this thread. Hopefully it's only a few (or maybe one) loud people, but geez, to react that way to a child who had to go to the hospital? That's horrible. [/quote]

The callous comment ("Guess that's his own problem to deal with. He should have stayed home if he was so allergic.") was CLEARLY the sarcastic response of someone parodying what they perceive to be inadequately empathetic attitudes towards kids with allergies.

But not one person on this thread actually reacted that way to a child having to go to the hospital. Everyone responded with concern toward the child, but with varying attitudes on how this event could have been prevented (i.e. whether it would best be prevented by banning foods, educating others about the risks of food allergies, or supervising a child with allergies more closely).

The fact that at least two of you have responded to what was obviously a sarcastic, not genuine, comment as representing how people feel about kids with allergies says a lot about how far off the reservation some of you are. No one wants to endanger kids with allergies. We just want common sense solutions, that are actually feasible, that protect kids with allergies without overburdening other kids or their families unnecessarily.[/quote]

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