The fear of the day.

[Moonliner]

It's a new year, sure to be filled to the brim with new fears!

Today we have:

Deadly Headphones.

The headlines scream:

Injuries while walking with headphones tripled, study finds

Originally Posted by Mainstream Media Fear Mongers

The number of serious injuries and deaths occurring to pedestrians who were walking with headphones has tripled in seven years in the United States, according to a report published in Injury Prevention.

Funny thing, you have to read deep into the article to find this little gem:

Originally Posted by Hidden Truth

The authors wrote: “Since this is a retrospective case series, neither causation nor correlation can be established between headphone use and pedestrian risk.”