I guess taking your cat with you is a thing now

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15. Figarsomom, I indicated I like the trend and I likewise question that all who claim to be cat allergic actually are...

That said, that isn't how it works for those who genuinely ARE severely (and life-threatened) allergic to cats. If they are allowed to wander or even if there is simply enough of them long enough on a train car (which may or may not be sufficiently ventilated), like on airplanes serving peanuts, it permeates.

Thus, my question. A very few may be able to make a case that this is life-threatening to them and try to get the subway officials to ban it.. My response would be that one could encounter a serious allergen nearly anywhere, and it falls to the individual to carry epinephrine injections wherever they go--whether a nut allergy or a cat/dog allergy or something else. But, I'd bet some people or groups will take it on.

So, I am afraid, no. The answer "don't sit next to them" will not suffice at all, no matter how much we cat lovers enjoy seeing them. I'm only surprised that the vocal minority has seemingly not started up... (I hope that they will not, but... )