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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So much ignorance on display here. All of you people giving judgmental “advice” without personally having a child with allergies should probably listen more than you preach.

1) food allergies are unpredictable and a kid that is believed to have a “mild” reaction could have a severe reaction the very next time even with similar exposure so not everyone is prepared for a severe reaction even if their child has allergies

2) the epi pen can cost hundreds to thousands of dollars and they expire every year. You need at least 4 every year. Not everyone has the luxury of affording such an expense and they sometimes stretch beyond the expiration date etc to get by

3) shit happens and people can forget an epi pen or drop it or a million other situations that are not neglectful so spare us your judgement since you have no idea [/quote]

All of that is a reason to supervise a kid with allergies and remind him regularly to never take food from friends or strangers. That's why I think it's weird the parents let this child play with neighbor kids while on vacation without supervision. It would have been better to have an epi pen on them, but stuff happens, however in that case the only way to protect him is to pay attention to what he's eating and make sure he doesn't eat nuts.

I'll also note, bringing this back to the actual conversation, that this was not a case of child accidentally coming into physical contact with trace amounts of an allergen due to another child failing to wash their hands after eating. It's a situation where a kid was directly given, and consumed, a food with whole versions of the allergen in it. And this happened in a neighborhood playing with a neighbor kid.

So one solution to this problem its to pass law that makes it illegal to have peanuts or other tree nuts at all.

Another solution would be for parents of kids with severe allergies to supervise their kid and make sure he doesn't eat nuts.[/quote]

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