Peanut allergies. In the 1950's, were school children occasionally carted off from the lunchroom experiencing.....

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41. One product for malnourished babies is called "Plumpy Nut. " When asked by an American about...

…peanut allergies, the African nurse caring for the babies & toddlers said she had never heard of such a thing. And since the little ones in question were dying of starvation right there, the point was moot.

It just makes me wonder what have we done to our food supply in this country.

As for the numerous posts from Message Removed — personally I don’t think it’s vaccinations. There were some children even in past eras who were severely allergic to things like bees and peanuts. They just died quietly at home or in some ER and never made it to school.

Weird stories abound. I’ve been told that “nobody” got breast cancer in Ye Olden Days, but anyone who reads books (!) can name women both fictional and real who died of this terrible disease — and die they did.