Should FARE have Anaphylaxis in its name?

[Macabre]

Exactly.


And Lakeswimmr, FARE just needs to spend a bit of that rebranding money on SEO, and they'll come up.  Now that I think about it, I should make sure that's on my org's rebranding list . . . .

[CMdeux]

Fighting for a word is stupid. Don't we have more important things to do as a community? 


YES.

And really, if we're going to fight for a word?

Let's make that word "allergy" and shove all of the wacka-doodle "my naturopath said I can only eat artificial sweeteners on Tuesdays" crap  off of this bus.

The thing is, the entire reason why people ask questions and why the word matters to people with anaphylaxis triggers (or other life-threatening reactions, as noted) is that what they are really wondering about is wiggle room.

They want to know whether or not a "little bit" is really THAT big a deal... (or challenge, occasionally)  and really, anaphylaxis is just the way to get their attention sufficiently well to get compliance.  Well, compliance as far as they're able, I mean.

When "fatal" is part of the grab bag, it's a different kind of conversation-- and it ought to be. 

I really think, though, that there is an awful lot of room for improvement when even people who THINK of themselves as 'well-educated' on the subject make mind-boggling statements about how swelling or extreme GI distress "aren't anaphylactic" as though such things are relatively benign.   

Wow.  THAT kind of thing makes me way more concerned that the presence or lack of a particular word to describe a life-threatening allergic reaction.

[lakeswimr]

Oh, then I don't have a strong opinion on this. I am not that psyched that there is another group with that name on FB.