Not nuts for the 99% because of the 1%

A 98-year-old woman claims she could have died during a flight she took.

- Birjees Hussain

She says she has a severe nut allergy and that the mere smell of nuts could make her go into shock and die. She claimed that she was misled by the airline about nuts not being on the flight menu but shortly after takeoff she learnt that pecan pie was being served. She also claims that when she saw it on the menu, it made her feel sick to her stomach. Of course she survived despite not only ‘smelling’ the nut on the plane but also survived when others were eating it in her vicinity.

This leads to the question of whether or not a nut allergy is exaggerated by the parents of the child and then the individual who says they could have died from it. Most people might argue, as I do, that if a nut allergy is this severe, there is no way a person can survive in the universe.