Originally Posted by
Delta Hog
Uh, when is the last time you've heard of death by peanut?
Natalia Green, 17, died from an allergic reaction to chicken satay containing peanut.
Ammaria Johnson, 7, died at school after being exposed to something containing peanut.
Hayden Wileman, 9, died after eating a cereal. He had an unknown peanut allergy.
Jharell Dillard, 15, lost his life after eating a chocolate chip cookie, which unknowingly contained nuts.
Christopher Smith, 17, died after eating takeout food from a Wirral, England restaurant.
Mathew Lee, 26, died after eating a salad that contained nuts.
This topic, which occurs occasionally, always amazes me. Are you really that into peanuts that not being served on a flight is going to impact your life. Eating eight peanuts is worth the chance, even very small, that someone may get ill - and they've told you about it. Just because there may be traces left from earlier flights is not reason to just blow off a known preventative.
I'll keep a stiff upper lip and suffer with twelve pretzels instead. I think I'll get through it.