Woman ‘left with no choice’ but to buy every packet of peanuts on flight
www.independent.co.uk
‘Eurowings should be ashamed of how they handled this situation,’ says passenger

‘Eurowings should be ashamed of how they handled this situation,’ says passenger

  • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8·
    11 months ago

    a pea sized drop of [peanut] butter was smeared on the skin for 1 minute

    no one developed any allergic reactions

    I only read the article you linked to, not the actual study. I wonder how they corrected for the extra reluctance a person who believes that he will have an intense reaction specifically to touching peanut butter would have to volunteer for such a study.

    • MajorHavoc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      11 months ago

      Yeah. Some people have allergies strong enough that they’re going to defend themselves by punching the test giver in the nose before allowing contact. I imagine those folks didn’t make it into the study. It would be pretty fun if they did, though.