From the article:
Additionally, peanut dust is relatively heavy, Hoyt said, so it does not go airborne — “it simply falls down.”
Dr. Natasha Bhuyan, a family physician in Phoenix, Arizona, agreed that the risk would be minimal if other passengers were given peanuts.
“Other passengers eating peanuts in a different spot of the plane putting an allergic person in danger is unlikely,” she told Fox News Digital.
The one time I flew during the pandemic I had a two pound bag of Costco salted peanuts and ate them VERY SLOWLY during the entire flight. If you were eating, you didn’t have to wear your mask. 🤣😂
They demand the airlines follow their request, no matter how much it inconveniences the airline or other passengers.
My daughter is allergic to all tree nuts - to the point of hospitalization when exposed (at times accidentally). We ALWAYS carry epi-pens and Benadryl - and fly everywhere. Has never been a problem with nuts, and she’s never had a reaction on a plane.