REAL LIFE NEWS: COMPUTERS ARE BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH
by Hazed
It's not just mobile phones that can cause damage. Computers are deadly, too. According to the US National Electronic Injury Surveillance System database, computers - and especially CRT monitors - are absolutely lethal:
"Injury mechanisms included hitting against or catching on computer equipment; tripping or falling over computer equipment; computer equipment falling on top of the patient; and the straining of muscles or joints. The computer part most often associated with injuries was the monitor. The percentage of monitor-related cases increased significantly, from 11.6% in 1994 to a peak of 37.1% in 2003. By 2006, it had decreased to 25.1%. The decrease since 2003 corresponds to the replacement of heavier cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors with smaller and easier-to-lift liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors."
Be afraid - be very afraid! Clearly we should all throw out our computers and go back to pen and paper. Except that I am sure the opportunity for injuries by pen or pencil are manifold, too... poking yourself in the eye, splinters, stabbing with the pointy end, tripping over a dropped pen...
Maybe I'll just stay in bed. But then I risk duvet danger: suffocation, overheating, bed bugs. Is nowhere safe?
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