On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:02:23 -0700, gloria.p wrote:

> Steve Pope wrote:
>> David Harmon > wrote:
>>
>>> " > wrote,
>>
>>>> How come when I was growing up, I was born in 1965, you never heard of
>>>> a single kid who was allergic to peanuts, no one was lactose
>>>> intolerant, and no one was allergic to gluten, yet alone know what
>>>> gluten was unless you were a baker?
>>> No big mystery, you were just ignorant.
>>
>> Not exactly.
>>
>> Lactose intolerance is extremely common. Gluten intolerances are
>> only somewhat common. Peanut allergies are extremely rare.
>> You can almost bet any given alleged case of a peanut allergy is
>> not medically accurate.
>>
>> Steve
>
> Is that why a 10 year old died a few years ago when he was taking part
> in a peanut allergy study at National Jewish Respiratory Hospital and
> was accidentally given the wrong serum? And why so many mothers carry
> around epi-pens to jab their kids with when they are exposed to peanuts?
>
> Just because you haven't experienced it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
>
> gloria p

clearly, steve subscribes to the sheldon school of phenomenology.

your pal,
blake