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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 31 2019, @02:13AM
While it was discussed, I believe that assumption is false.
It certainly was "an evil trick" however making everyone pay for this stupid fucking insanity.
The other stupid irony is that by extending daylight savings time so kids won't get killed by cars on Halloween NIGHT, just makes it so that they instead will get killed by cars when they have to get up and head to school in the MORNING because it is still dark, or the rising sun blinds the drivers so that they can't see kids crossing the streets.