Your Peanuts Are NOT More Important Than Someone Else’s Life

<p>She was only&nbsp;<em>12 years old</em>. She had her whole life ahead of her.</p> <p><strong>But now she&rsquo;s been cruelly taken away by a culture that still doesn&rsquo;t take nut allergies seriously.</strong></p> <p>Her family is broken into pieces that can never be fit back the same way again. All because education and legislation on nut allergies are appallingly bad&nbsp;<em>(read: practically nonexistent)</em>.</p> <p>In this case, it was a drink she enjoyed regularly that had somehow been contaminated by nuts. She knew immediately that something was wrong. But by then, it was too late.</p> <p>And her story, like so many others, will probably never make front-page news. It will probably be ignored once again by those who&nbsp;<em>could</em>&nbsp;make change but choose not to.</p> <p>And so the cycle continues, and people with severe nut allergies continue to live in fear that someone else&rsquo;s incompetence will be the end.</p> <p>To honour her memory, I&rsquo;m writing this piece to highlight the real threats of nut allergies and to help fuel much-needed social change on the matter.</p> <h1>Here&rsquo;s the thing&hellip;</h1> <p>Some people seem to be under the impression that if they are eating nuts in public, they can&rsquo;t harm people with a nut allergy. After all, it&rsquo;s not like they are shoving it down their throats, right?</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/illumination/your-peanuts-are-not-more-important-than-someone-elses-life-69ee7465c9e4"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>
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