50-50 Chance

50-50 Chance

By Justin Brown ( Contact )   August 12, 2008

Here's something to think about.

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The National Eye Institute said yesterday that half of all Americans have some sort of vision problem.

The Institute analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey on 12,000 people aged 20 and older between 1999 and 2004.

More than 33% were nearsighted and 36% has astigmatism.

Another 3.6% were farsighted.

The rest of you can't even read this anyway, so don't worry about it!

Yikes...and how many of these people are driving? Be safe out there!

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