[thanosnose]

Israeli scientists have already shown that early childhood exposure to peanuts can prevent these allergies.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-kids-help-prove-early-...

Also, peanut allergies hardly affect anyone. As a society, why waste resources on such endeavors when we have diseases like cancer that affect millions every year?

[Mvandenbergh]

1) The incidence of peanut allergies has been sky-rocketing.

2) If we could cure cancer with peanut flour, I'm sure we would. Unfortunately that one's a bit harder.

[thomnottom]

* In kids that don't already have the allergy. In which case early exposure may kill them.

[thanosnose]

Even kids with allergies benefit.

"—Among children with some reaction to peanuts on the skin test: Only 11 percent of peanut eaters developed an allergy versus 35 percent of abstainers."

[ljf]

Hardly anyone? Already hitting 1 in 50 children in the UK.