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From: John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Helmet efficacy test
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 07:45:20 +0700
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On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:12:33 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>On 3/25/2025 7:52 AM, John B. wrote:
>> 
>> As I've said many times before, I haven't been the U.S. for many years ...
>
>Perhaps you should come visit to refresh your knowledge.
>
>> But do people in other parts of the world avoid playing baseball or in
>> an English "colony", Cricket, because one must wear a helmet, or U.S.
>> football. or riding to the hounds or all the various activities that
>> require  a helmet".
>
>John, I live two blocks from a Village football field - the old high 
>school field - and an adjacent flat grassy field. Both are used by young 
>guys and kids for a variety of "pick up" sports, including touch football.
>
>Guys playing touch football do not wear helmets. There is no mandate, 
>and apparently the guys judge that the risk of serious head injury is 
>low. I played touch football on an intramural team in college, and none 
>of us wore helmets.
>
>Bicyclists volunteer to wear helmets mostly because of dishonest fear 
>mongering that convinces them that risk of brain injury is huge, far 
>worse than other normal activities. Here, I post data showing that's false.


Well, lets see.... Is "touch football" the same sport as "football"?
Not to my knowledge and yes we used to play it... when we had to keep
clean... say for school. 

So... are you so stupid as to confuse a game for kids with almost no
contact with a game played by 240 lb players that hit each other with
as much as 1600 lbs of force?

Next foolishness... I don't know anyone that rides a 2 wheel "gizmo"
that is in fear of brain damage. If they wear a helmet it is to,
hopefully, prevent ANY head injury.

And finally.... you state, "Here, I post data showing that's false"
and you post no data at all.

So... we can assume from, your post, that you can't tell the
difference between a kid's game and a game played by professionals and
you confuse head injury with brain damage and, finally, that you are a
liar.
 
-- 
Cheers,

John B.