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Though fear still lingers over toxic treats and boobytrapped apples, researchers separate fact from myth. As pediatrician Aaron Carroll notes today in The New York Times, researchers haven't been able to substantiate a single case when a child was seriously injured—let alone killed—by Halloween treats made hazardous by strangers.
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A JAMA Pediatrics study from January of this year found that 4-to-8-year-olds have a tenfold increased risk of getting hit by a car on Halloween than on any other night of the year.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/forget-poisoned-candy-and-razor-blades-heres-the-real-halloween-horror/
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2711459[$]
Verdict: Boogey Man not likely to exist.
Actual Problem: Getting run over by a car when crossing the street.
Stay safe out there.
(Score: 2) by EEMac on Wednesday October 30 2019, @01:03PM (5 children)
Does anyone actually go trick-or-treating anymore? Kids in our area just go to organized events. After five years in a row with no or 1 kid coming by Halloween night, we've stopped buying candy.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 30 2019, @01:06PM (1 child)
Maybe your hood has too many sex offenders living in it.
Yes, there is still trick or treating. It just varies based on location. Halloween on a school night probably has less kids too.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 30 2019, @02:43PM
Epstein was strangulated:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/forensic-pathologist-jeffrey-epstein-homicide-suicide [foxnews.com]
(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Wednesday October 30 2019, @06:59PM (2 children)
What I experienced was no trick or treaters coming to my door when I lived in an apartment, and many when I lived in a house.
I have no idea why dwelling in an apartment quells participation.
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Wednesday October 30 2019, @08:58PM
Perhaps because of the entry system with security codes and such.
There is a slight amount of trick-or-treating within the apartment block -- apartment children visiting other apartments.
I live in an apartment now, and if I want to be available for trick-and-treating I take a folding portable table and set it up outside the front door of the building.
-- hendrik
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 31 2019, @01:50AM
I used to live in an apartment in a low-density development, where each unit had almost immediate access to the outdoors. I had a lot of trick or treaters, and I would hand out Linux boot disks.