When I was in elementy school about 20 years ago now we had one kid in the class who was deathly allergic to peanuts and eggs. From Kindergarten on everyone in the class was told they weren't allowed to share food with him and his parets told him he wasn't allowed to share food with anyone. This system worked fine. He always had his eppipen with him and it was never used. We were taught to understand the risk
I don't understand the bans on peanuts when proactive education of both the students with alergies and students without seems like a lot better way to deal with it. Ignoring the problem with draconian bans just creates a false sense of security which could lead to more exposure.
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