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From: Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Helmet efficacy test
Date: 31 Mar 2025 20:05:20 GMT
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Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net> wrote:
> Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> writes:
> 
>> Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net> 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.
>>> 
>> I guess one difference is Flu Vaccines are targeted at certain people not
>> population as whole, I get the vaccine as I’m eligible for few reasons.
> 
> That would be a difference between the US and the UK.  In the US flu
> shots are recommended by the CDC for everyone over the age of 6 months.
> In practice some people do get their young children flu shots, I know
> that at least one of my cow-orkers does.

It’s free in the UK or rather paid for by the NHS so considering it’s
relatively low efficiency vs other vaccines NHS seems to go for a more
targeted approach.
> 
> Bike helmets, on the other hand, are recommended only for those who ride
> bikes.
> 
It’s recommended by Government bodies and most though probably not all
cycling organisations. But not mandatory nor is it likely that any
Government would expend the time and political capital to do so.
> 
>> And yes Flu Vaccines have a fairly low % though does vary year to
>> year, and is to quote Standford for the common good and all that.
>> 
>>> On every topic I can remember, save bike helmets and infrastructure,
>>> Mr. Krygowski tells us to believe the annointed experts.  On bike
>>> helmets, the experts are shills, charlatans, and fashion victims.
>>> Perhaps he is right, and bike helmets really are a unique blind spot in
>>> our expertariat.
>>> 
>>> For what it's worth I think Mr. Krygowski is closer to right than wrong
>>> on the subject of bike helmets, but that wasn't exactly my question.
>>> 
>> Roger Merriman
>> 
>> 
> 

Roger Merriman