Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Sep 2019
The U.S. health care system found a way to make peanuts cost $4,200
13 September 2019 - A new, billion-dollar pharmaceutical to treat peanut allergies is up for approval. It’s simply peanut flour.
Peanuts are a uniquely dangerous legume. A small fragment of one can kill an allergic person. Even if that person is resuscitated, it’s possible to have permanent brain damage. These severe allergic reactions are relatively rare but difficult to predict. One time, you accidentally eat a bit of peanut and get a little itchy; the next time, your airways close up and someone has to jam a needle full of adrenaline into your leg just so you can take a breath.
