Dozens of partygoers at an outdoor rave near Moscow last week have lost partial vision after a laser light show burned their retinas, say Russian health officials.
Moscow city health department officials confirmed 12 cases of laser-blindness at the Central Ophthalmological Clinic, and daily newspaper Kommersant said another 17 were registered at City Hospital 32 in the centre of the capital.
“They all have retinal burns, scarring is visible on them. Loss of vision in individual cases is as high as 80 percent, and regaining it is already impossible,” Kommersant quoted a treating ophthalmologist as saying.
Everyone involved in running the show is very busy blaming everyone else who was involved. Excepting, of course, those who’ve already skipped town.
Shocking?==while American venues pump out hearing damage at every concert? Only a matter of degree I suppose, not type. I wonder who made the lasers and if the same ones are used in the USA?
They were only ravers, no big deal.
Given the choice I’d rather be deaf than blind.
On dvorak.org no one can hear you scream. Because everybody is deaf.
BUT IF YOU TYPE IN ALL CAPS, THEY CAN SEE YOU SCREAM, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT MOSCOW RAVERS.
now THAT’s a party!
Review: “Brilliant!”
#1 – Which is why I attend concerts with 32 db-rated earplugs. I still hear everything, but I’m nice and comfortable, especially after I leave the concert and want to talk with friends.
#4: Best comment since a very long time
The next planned party was indoor, with “amateur” artificial fog. Too bad it’ll not take place.
WARNING: Do NOT Look Into (Rave) Laser With Remaining Eye.
#4 is possibly the best comment on the internet right now. you win sir, you win
Remaining eye? Here’s the “joke of the day” from Cage Match.