I could get onboard with your theory that Epipens are overused (or at least over prescribed). But I really don't agree that when someone can't breath we should "wait and see because it's the body trying to save itself", though.
Children of Gen X and Millenials have been ruined by their helicopter/bubble parents, they have allergies and that's that. Future generations can and must learn from their mistake, but we can't force allergic people to simply grow out of it. We're not talking itchy throats here.
It's partly due to certain doctors deciding to tell parents NOT to give peanuts to kids until much later. Even after peanut allergies spiked 3x, they wouldn't change their recommendation - until they had studies to prove the recommendation they were giving was wrong (which they based on no study, "let's try banning peanuts for toddlers...").
Children of Gen X and Millenials have been ruined by their helicopter/bubble parents, they have allergies and that's that. Future generations can and must learn from their mistake, but we can't force allergic people to simply grow out of it. We're not talking itchy throats here.