>Sheesh. This gives me the creeps. I was just at the beach last weekend...
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>http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=267765Aw come on Tracy. Every time I read about shark bites somewhere, it happens sporadically, I always think about a) how the press overblows things to sell more, and b) how most people are statistical-dummies (not you of course :)
They tell you that this boy got bitten. Jaws sells.
They do not tell you how rare they are. They do not tell you that at the same time a million other people on the beach did not get bitten. Odds are huge against it. Let's be realistic.
