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Originally Posted by metal_geek
It's more along the lines of protien bases "prion" type infections, not exactly the same, but based on the argument that protiens can have an affect on genetic material. In the end though nobody really knows so I'm not gonna get into a debate about something neither of us knows about. Only thing for sure is it's a growing problem, and thats the reality of the situation.
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You seem pretty sure of what I do and don't know about. Maybe you can argue my side and save me the trouble, that'd be helpful.
I'd say the "reality of the situation" is that peanut allergies aren't increasing, what's increasing is the hysteria about peanut allergies. Why do we never hear about any kids who have mild peanut allergies, it's always "OH MY GOD my baby is gonna DIE if s/he is within 200 metres of a peanut!" Yet very, very few kids (if any) DO die from the allergies, so how is that possible if they live in such mortal danger?
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Originally Posted by metal_geek
You don't hear alot of people with nut allergies dying because the allergy is well managed, and the awareness is very high. Nobody is talking about aroma's, it's physical ingestion of peanut protein that's the real problem. The vast majority of people who die from Anaphylaxis get reported as asthma releated deaths because the symptoms and results are the same. Way more kids die of asthma each year but a percentage of thoes are actually Anaphylaxis.
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Actually, people *are* talking about aromas, as I was directly quoting Dion's post where a supposed "expert" claimed that the mere aroma was enough to provoke a reaction. And as far as anaphylaxis deaths being reported as asthma, what proof do you have for this? It may or may not be so, but "maybe" doesn't transform into "is" without proof.
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Originally Posted by fotze
But I feel that this risk has totally been overstated and when people are being lied to, it pisses them off, just basic human instinct.
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And that's it in a nutshell; it's a problem that is WAY overblown and takes attention, time and money away from real problems. As I pointed out, there were all of EIGHTEEN anaphylatic deaths in the USA in 2005, which is hardly pointing to a vast peanuty death machine chewing up kids.