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From: Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Helmet efficacy test
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:10:19 -0400
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Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> writes:

> On 3/31/2025 12:39 PM, Radey Shouman wrote:
>>  Actually I was talking to Mr. Krygowski.  It seems to me that his
>> standards for studies on flu shots are different to those for bike
>> helmets, and I was curious as to what had convinced him of the efficacy
>> and safety of flu shots.
>
> As I said, there is nationwide, ~ whole population data indicating flu
> vaccines have high effectiveness in preventing infection and/or
> hospitalization. There is no such nationwide data for bike helmets,
> and indeed nationwide data shows no apparent benefit. And there are
> serious weaknesses in many or most helmet promoting studies.

Could you provide a link to that data, and its analysis?

> But more important, in my mind, is that helmet promoters almost
> without exception falsely portray simple bicycle rides as an important
> and serious risk for serious brain injury. (By not promoting helmets
> for pedestrians or motorists, they imply that cycling is a bigger
> risk.) Yet any unbiased examination of TBI epidemiology shows that
> cycling is not an unusual TBI risk. In fact, you're much more likely
> to get a serious case of influenza than to suffer a serious TBI from
> riding a bike.
>
>> On every topic I can remember, save bike helmets and infrastructure,
>> Mr. Krygowski tells us to believe the annointed experts.  
>
> :-)  Of course, your memory is limited!
>
>> For what it's worth I think Mr. Krygowski is closer to right than wrong
>> on the subject of bike helmets...
>
> Thank you.

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