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Podcast: The Podcast by KevinMD
Episode: Weaponizing food allergies in entertainment endangers lives
Description: Leading advocate for airline safety measures to protect food-allergic passengers Lianne Mandelbaum discusses her article "When TV shows use food allergy as murder." Lianne examines the dangerous trend in popular media where severe reactions like anaphylaxis are used as plot devices for violence without consequence. She critiques a recent miniseries that portrays food allergy murder as justified and fears this provides a blueprint for real-world bullying and harassment. The conversation highlights heartbreaking stories of loss and the reality that swapping an epinephrine auto-injector or exposing someone to allergens is not a prank but a crime. Lianne urges the public...