POLL 1: This is a strictly unscientific poll in 2 parts because I only have 4 slots. Millennial and GenZ see next posted poll. I’m curious about something. Do you have a peanut allergy? Just peanuts for this poll. Thanks!

@FabulousLVNV I have a feeling about how this turns out.

@elric @FabulousLVNV Are we looking to see if older people are more or less likely than younger people to be diagnosed with peanut allergies?

https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(20)32412-X/fulltext#tables

Is this of any help?

@AskTheDevil @elric It is! It’s something I’ve noticed the last 25 years or so and I wondered if it was simply underreported or if there’s some other reason. Thank you for the link!!

@FabulousLVNV @AskTheDevil I had never even heard of a peanut allergy until I had kids in school. I remember a single classmate with a food allergy in elementary school and it was milk.

@elric @AskTheDevil Same, but the one I recall was a girl had a bee allergy. Asthma was also exceptionally rare when I went to school. I recall just one there, too, all throughout my 12 years of school.

@FabulousLVNV @elric I had one that eventually faded. But when I was younger, a single sting would leave me deathly ill for days.

@AskTheDevil @FabulousLVNV Bee allergies I had heard of and don't want to sound like I'm diminishing their severity. I remember a number of kids having EpiPens (?) stored in the office.