Discuss Joel Stein's Jan. 9 Op-Ed column.
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Ah Joel Stein, you work so hard to make yourself so ignorant. I refuse to read you anymore, but I think I'll start urging the times to give you the axe.
Shane @ 5:10 PM PST, Jan 9, 2009
love it...this article couldn't be truer. yes peanut allergies are bad and can be fatal but for god sakes its quite rare. I grew up not long ago in the 80's/90's when no one ever worried about what particular food they were allergic to and we all survived. To ban peanuts from school because a tiny percentage are allergic seems silly
JP @ 5:07 PM PST, Jan 9, 2009
There's this funny little thing called "gene expression" that you might learn about if you took a decent introductory biology course. Could be what you're confusing with "fast mutation." Not to say that people aren't perfectly capable of over-reacting either though.
Celeste @ 5:03 PM PST, Jan 9, 2009
Just nature's way of culling the herd.
C. Darwin @ 4:59 PM PST, Jan 9, 2009
By the way, a peanut is NOT a nut, but a Legume (see Fabaceae in Wikipedia). I am allergic (yes, really) to Cashews and Walnuts (real nuts), but Peanuts are my friend.
Chuck @ 4:58 PM PST, Jan 9, 2009
Christakis' theories are off base. The difference between deaths from food allergies and lightening strikes is that food related deaths are preventable. Why do we go through security checks post 9/11? The world is big and the threat is low in all but a few places. Terrorism deaths are preventable and the hassle is price for safety, which is the exact same perspective of a parent with an allergic kid. Why not ask why parents react this way? Ask any parent who has lost a child. You're focused overblown reactions to support your own agenda, which is that food allergies are not a big deal to you.
mhardy @ 4:56 PM PST, Jan 9, 2009
I had a reaction to peanuts on an airplane! It was scary and frankly, I didn't even have to eat them (I just had to sit a couple rows up from someone shelling them). You can ask the five doctors that were on the plane for proof if you like!
Jane @ 4:51 PM PST, Jan 9, 2009
perhaps your write and perhaps you wrote this to create some upheaval, but to be honest no matter how scared and neurotic parents are, it's even scarier when it turns out they're right. And I would suggest reading an article of genetic engineering, particularly soy in 1996. You'll find out the higher cases might have a biological reason.
Sam @ 4:46 PM PST, Jan 9, 2009
This article just shows how ignorant you are. Live one day in the life of a person with food allergies and see how many things you take for granted. Watch your child on the brink of death and you'll understand why these parents are so overprotecting.
AllergicToEverythingButNuts @ 4:42 PM PST, Jan 9, 2009
Joel, Joel, Joel... CLEARLY neither you nor your children (if you have any) have any food allergies. I'm sorry, but you really have no idea what you're talking about. People never 'get it' until they actually SEE me react to something and/or have to accompany me to the hospital. THEN the light bulb goes on. And I've had a ton of allergies (nuts of every kind included) for more years than you've been on the planet. It's comments like yours that DETER those who already don't get it from EVER understanding what it's all about. Very irresponsible "reporting."
Helaine @ 4:41 PM PST, Jan 9, 2009
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