Compare your fears against reality

January 18, 2018

Topic

Infographics / fear

From ABC News, this is a clever comparison between people’s worst fears and the number of deaths caused by the things that people fear. It starts by getting the reader to think about his or her fears and then places them in the context of causes of death.

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