Morbid wondering: food allergy death stats

An article on a recent incident where a college student died from peanut allergy got me thinking: most news stories about people dying from #anaphylaxis are about kids or teens. You rarely hear about a 40-year old or even 30-year-old dying from a #foodallergy. It happens (which is why I still carry an EpiPen everywhere), just not as often.

I couldn’t find any solid numbers, but wrote up some speculation in my blog: https://hyperborea.org/journal/2018/07/age-food-allergy-death/

#allergies

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It occurs to me that the impending start of #SDCC is probably another factor in why I started thinking about this, as it’s coming up on 5 years since my “adventure” leaving Comic Con in an ambulance due to a peanut-laced mocha from a nearby cafe. I could’ve been one of those rare cases in my late 30s.

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Half-following the build up to SDCC. I haven’t been to Comic Con since 2014, though …

Half-following the build up to #SDCC. I haven’t been to #ComicCon since 2014, though I’ve been to WonderCon & Long Beach every year. The first year I couldn’t get tickets I shrugged. It’s exhausting, and there are other cons. I didn’t even try this year or last. But now I find I’ve started to miss it.

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SDCC TBT! @casualcosplaykatie & Speed Force’s own @kelsonv as Golden Age Flash Jay Garrick & Yomiko Readman aka The Paper

! @casualcosplaykatie & Speed Force’s own @kelsonv as Golden Age Flash Jay Garrick & Yomiko Readman aka The Paper from Read or Die, at Comic Con International in 2009.

Photo taken at: Comic-Con International at San Diego Convention Center

#SDCC #TBT! @casualcosplaykatie & Speed Force’s own @kelsonv as Golden Age Flash Jay Garrick & Yomiko Readman aka The Paper from Read or Die, at Comic Con International in 2009.

Sadly, we don’t have anyone on site at #ComicCon this year. We’re following along online with everyone else! (We’ve posted this a couple of times, so I thought I’d try some post-processing using AfterFocus to blur the background. Not bad, though the edges are a little sharp.)

NOTE: The original photo is on K2R, Flickr and Speed Force. Need to see if I’ve used (or at least saved!) the background-blurred version anywhere already.

Flashes & Quicksilver at SDCC 2014. One week to go

Flashes & Quicksilver at 2014. One week to go

#TBT Flashes & Quicksilver at #SDCC 2014. One week to go!

#theflash #quicksilver #pietromaximoff #jaygarrick #barryallen #cosplay #comics #comiccon #xmen #dccomics #marvelcomics #comics #ThrowbackThursday

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Odd Flash merch from SDCC 2012. Skelanimals, MAD Flash & Professor Zoom, and of course a Flash drive

Odd Flash merch from 2012. Skelanimals, MAD Flash & Professor Zoom, and of course a Flash drive

#TBT Odd Flash merch from #SDCC 2012. Skelanimals, MAD Flash & Professor Zoom, and of course a Flash drive!
#theflash #comiccon #toys #flashdrive #comics #dccomics #madmagazine #skelanimals #ThrowbackThursday

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Yomiko and the Flash

Yomiko and the Flash on Flickr.

At the intersection of Throwback Thursday and Cosplay Appreciation Day: the last time my wife and I both wore costumes to the same convention. Yomiko Readman a.k.a. The Paper from the anime series Read or Die, and Golden Age Flash Jay Garrick.

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