Gabby wrote:
>
> Peanut allergy is one of the few I know of where the allergic person can die
> because YOU ate peanuts. Just the opening of bags of peanuts on a plane can
> trigger an anaphylactic reaction. I'm not aware of anyone ever dying
> because someone else ate wheat.
>
> The epi-pen is a stop-gap measure to buy time while you haul ass to the
> nearest ER. Depending on the flight, an ER may not be accessible in enough
> time for the epi-pen to be worth anything. All it would do is prolong
> death.
>
> FWIW, not all airlines have stopped offering peanuts. A few have taken the
> attitude of some of the posters he your allergy is your problem, not
> ours.

Thank you for speaking the voice of reason here in the darkness.

I'm very disappointed in the attitudes of a few people who I thought
were much nicer and more caring than what they're exposing themselves
to be in this thread. I've got to re-think who I want to be friends
with.

Carol