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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

My son year old seems to have more empathy for allergies than some of the commenters here.  He'll also remind me when my sister brings her dog that we need to put up any chocolate or grapes.[/quote]

The question isn't who has empathy. Empathy doesn't matter. What matters is what actually reduces incidents of allergic reactions and school wide bans on allergens don't do that. [/quote]

Of course empathy matters. You forgot to mention that the REASON why school bans don’t work is because of lax adherence to the rules. That means that the root of the problem is empathy. Families who don’t give a shit are making the policy fail. We can see those same attitudes right here in this thread. That’s what pp pointed out and she is correct.[/quote]

You have no idea why school bans don't work. It's just as likely that people are confused or unaware about what products contain allergens as that they are deliberately not following the rules. A school wide ban could also create a false sense of safety.

Allergen free tables, on the other hand, are much easier to enforce and demonstrably more successful. That's the policy you'll support if you actually want to protect kids with allergies. It seems like you'd rather show off how empathetic you are, though.[/quote]

Oh I see that I am speaking with one of the “empathy is evil” nutters. There is no reaching people like you. Please explain what is so confusing about “no nuts”?[/quote]

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