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Peanut allergies have plummeted in children

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178 points JumpCrisscross | 2 comments | 20 Oct 25 18:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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aerostable_slug ◴[20 Oct 25 18:29 UTC] No.45647374[source]▶
Business idea: Allergen Aerator

Generate a miasma of benign pestilence in your child's crib, mimicking the protective inoculations provided by early exposure to peanuts and other potential allergens, "farm" air, and the like. It could be packaged with Flonase for sneezing parents and an 'essential oils' scent dispenser to cover the barnyard smell.

Use AI to tailor the precise blend of aerosolized rodent feces and tree nut dust to optimize your child's immune system, and et voila: funding!

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alliao ◴[20 Oct 25 20:17 UTC] No.45648750[source]▶
just buy some asian snacks... i've never seen an asian kid allergic to peanuts, when we first heard peanut allergy thought it was a skit
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1. smrq ◴[21 Oct 25 14:57 UTC] No.45656622[source]▶
My definitely Asian wife's definitely Asian first cousin is deathly allergic to peanuts.
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2. alliao ◴[21 Oct 25 19:47 UTC] No.45660751[source]▶
and now I can direct people to you for Asian with peanut allergies lol... but yeah just saying incident rate is crazy low.. I probably know indirectly around 2000 Asian or so growing up in Asia till I was 10 never heard of anyone had peanut allergies.. seafood yes, but peanut would be considered borderline theatrical definitely not anaphylaxis styled