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Originally Posted by metal_geek
Its not 4th or 5th contact... its contact period. It doesn't matter how it got there, it's if it got there. You don't have it there, then your chances of running into it are not gone.. just less.
2 or 3 deathly allergic kids per school seems close. It could easily go from 1. something kids to 3.something kids on average but that range would seem to be a reasonable baseline number.
How many kids in school are alergic to grass, or milk, or some other substance?... I have no idea, I just have a limited experience with nut allergies in schools, so thats all I can go on.
Regarding the death rate and 100's of deaths per year, I have no idea how many deaths occour per year. I don't know who really would, I don't know how many heart attacks, flu, cancer, bee stings, overdoses, suicides, rollerblading, swimming, or falling out of windows accidents there were either. I'd hazzard to guess that all of them happen.
Schools are better prepared for allergies and I think this plays a big role in the number of kids who die. Schools have epi-pens belonging to the student. They have training, the are aware of the student and can watch for it. You have to keep in mind, that as the children get older they are more self aware and are more prepared to handle potential contact situatons. Most of the "No nuts" stuff is in the elementary schools right now where the children need help to protect themselves. By the time they are 8 or 9 they've been well conditioned and better able to protect themselves. It's not like its a clear cut, kids in, bodies out statistic.
What is clear cut is if there are rules to bringing nuts into schools, there is a significatian decrease in potential exposure.
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Then that peanut allergy must also give them super human luck as well.
If there are that many kids that are deathly allergic to peanuts in every elementary school in Calgary and there hasn't been one death in all these years despite how easy it is for them to come in contact with deadly amounts it must be luck keeping them alive.
So I guess on one hand it sucks to have the allergy but at least it comes with a cool side effect.