Food Allergy Overreactions Cultivate Mass Psychogenesis

BOSTON—According to a recent paper by Nicholas Christakis, professor, School of Sociology, Harvard Medical School, overreaction to food allergies, such as those related to peanuts, is causing more harm than good, leading to psychogenic illness, otherwise known as epidemic hysteria. Extreme reactions to potential contamination with a known allergen tends to breed escalated anxiety in parents of children with food allergies, thereby perpetuating a potentially destructive cycle.