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Comment by fzeroracer

4 years ago

Here's a story from around 14 years ago where this was a serious problem [1]. I could probably find more from 20 years ago if I looked further.

[1] https://abcnews.go.com/Health/AllergiesNews/story?id=4659705...

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TreeRingCounter  4 years ago

I guarantee you that schools were not throwing out peanut butter sandwiches when I was a kid, and many of the schools I went to are doing so now.

I'm sure you can find an article about peanut allergies at any point in recorded history where they had peanuts.

  • fzeroracer  4 years ago

    Yes, and my schools were not throwing out sandwiches either. Schools started doing so because it became a serious liability issue with kids weaponizing it for bullying and leading to death. Unless you have a solution for the human condition that will stop people leveraging deadly allergies as a form of torment, then schools will keep doing so.

    • TreeRingCounter  4 years ago

      > Schools started doing so because it became a serious liability issue with kids weaponizing it for bullying and leading to death

      This sounds completely absurd and hyperbolic, but let's say I took it at face value - why is this an issue now and not an issue when I was in school?

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