This EpiPen News Is Part of A Disturbing Trend

The TV was on as we sat waiting to be called in for our check-up.  My son, who is 11, turned his head as he heard the anchor use the word “EpiPen.” He is in tune since he has a life threatening peanut allergy and the EpiPen has saved his life.  His face was full of emotion as he listened to the anchor talk about how some people could no longer afford this life-saving device. He shook his head and said “Mom, that can’t be right, they can’t be right, can they, everyone who needs an EpiPen should have one.”   The media has exploded as word spread of some parents paying well over 600 dollars for this necessary, life-saving device. Headlines abound about big pharmacy greed and patients forced to pay outrageous prices, and this issue has enraged everyone.  I am heartened to see food allergies being taken seriously in the mainstream media.  As my son stated, everyone who needs an Epipen should have access to one.  But food allergies are a topic that is underreported. Even when we are armed with our EpiPens, we have a long way to go in getting the public to recognize the real challenges of living in a world where respect for food allergies as a potential life-threatening disease is lacking. As founder of the No Nut Traveler, I collect the testimonials of food allergic passengers traveling on commercial airlines. Shockingly, many food allergic passengers are being ridiculed, spoken to rudely by the airline staff and mo...
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