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Re:The health benefits of sunlight may outweigh the risk of ... by avian on Friday September 19, 2025 @02:49AM (#45298641)
Recently I've received an email from my eye specialist addressed to all her patients urging people not to look at the sun. At the same time I've also seen a similar public warning published in local media.

Apparently there has been an sharp rise in people coming in with retinal damage from staring at the sun. They didn't go into details why someone would do that, but reading this on HN I can start to guess.

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Re:The health benefits of sunlight may outweigh the risk of ... by codr7 on Friday September 19, 2025 @02:59AM (#45298695)
Until I see some definite proof, I'm going to put this in the FUD box.

There's seems to be a concerted effort at making people afraid of the sun. My guess is because the sun fixes a lot of problems, and problems mean profit.

Seriously, take a step back. If spending time in / looking at the sun was dangerous we wouldn't be here.

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Re:The health benefits of sunlight may outweigh the risk of ... by mikestew on Friday September 19, 2025 @02:26PM (#45304818)
My guess is because the sun fixes a lot of problems, and problems mean profit.

And there ya go, the rallying cry of every conspiracy theorist: "They don't want you to know, because money!"

Seriously, take a step back.

Yeah, seriously.

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