I think reasonable, respected allergists can have opposing and valid opinions on this topic.
Or even for different patients within their individual practices, maybe different opinions on OIT.
I've been quite concerned by the notion (increasingly promoted) that OIT really can be "for everyone-- if they were, you know..
motivated enough to pursue desensitization..."
Seems pretty clear from most of the researchers in this niche that this is
not true-- and may never be true, either. There are people for whom desensitization is
not a good bet. It's a lot nicer to pretend that isn't true-- but not "everyone" can be desensitized to environmental allergens, either. Makes complete sense to me that some people have an immune system that wouldn't respond as expected to food allergen desensitization, either.
Kind of wish that there were a larger push to understand what the indicators/markers are for who those people are-- because while the notion that the status quo is "the worst that could happen" might be tempting-- I don't know that it's true, either. There
are people who have tried SCIT for aeroallergens with the best of intentions, and wound up really screwing up their immune systems as a result... apparently
permanently.