Kids Food Allergies Blog

I have never been, and probably will never be, a big Rush Limbaugh fan.

So you can imagine my skepticism in opening this link to his comments today on peanut allergies — fearing what he would say and how his followers would respond.

I was surprised and heartened by his response.  According to Limbaugh, this issue is real and can be deadly if not dealt with in time.   He highlights one of my deepest fears as a food allergy parent: mean kids using food to bully and harm others.

Contrast Limbaugh’s position on peanut allergies with this article from a steadfastly liberal magazine, Harper’s: “Everyone’s Gone Nuts: The exaggerated threat of food allergies.”  Never have I read an article that got the whole food allergy issue so totally and completely wrong.

I usually love Harpers — and cringe at Limbaugh.  Here is a case where the exact opposite happened.  Seems ironic that the usually libertarian right wants to help us to protect food allergic kids, and the left thinks that this type of protection is excessive and unnecessary.  In this case — the left got it wrong, and the right got it right.

So, from this reliable Limbaugh foe: mega dittos to Limbaugh for being so right on this very important issue.