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Man dies on way home from Panera after having three “charged” lemonades (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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Panera, formerly Panera Bread.

This is THE SECOND person who died from drinking this.

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[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you have a heart condition a lot of stuff that is completely benign to everyone else can be fatal to you, so who bears responsibility there?

[–] alilbee@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I've seen this take a lot, but I would also like to bring up that a lot of people have heart conditions that they may not even be aware of. To be clear, I have no idea how you'd legislate this, but in a perfect world, I think it makes sense to limit certain ingredients based on a risk factor including the availability of the drink, the risk threshold of someone with an underlying condition consuming it, and the likelihood of someone with said health condition knowing that. And I'm not sure what the numbers look like in the end, but I do know this is a fuck ton of caffeine, sold in a drive thru, that can adversely affect people with one of the most common health conditions that is frequently invisible until a real incident. I don't even necessarily think Panera is acting in a negligent way, but this is a potentially disastrous combo.