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From: Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: Helmet efficacy test
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:09:23 -0400
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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.

Bike helmets, on the other hand, are recommended only for those who ride
bikes.


> 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
>
>

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