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Forget Poisoned Candy and Razor Blades. Here's the Real Halloween Horror

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday October 30 2019, @12:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the look-both-ways dept.

Freeman writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday October 30 2019, @11:15PM (2 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday October 30 2019, @11:15PM (#913926) Journal

    One persistent SOB in weirdly fragile armor seems to have been enough to handle all the Ghosts'n'Goblins out there. Even that annoying red one with the plasma breath, with the right weapon.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @05:22AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @05:22AM (#914473)

    Which weapon? Dagger with normal armour?
    Using fire is damn hard

    • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday November 01 2019, @02:41PM

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday November 01 2019, @02:41PM (#914592) Journal

      Would you believe, his girlfriend's favorite bracelet?

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