Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John B. Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Helmet efficacy test Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:19:53 +0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 53 Message-ID: References: <87a58um184.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> <87ecy43qdh.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> <87semjl99f.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> <87a58il0jo.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> <87fri9w2kz.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> <871ptql3up.fsf@mothra.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 19:20:34 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7bcc2db2ca5194f8bb0054d3f165e336"; logging-data="3662178"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19jcKdlDR4NS1HygbPFxpikMdpH5aFQy0s=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/7.10.32.1212 Cancel-Lock: sha1:4/YaD3qVXsr2UzOBvt+z/3n9QJk= Bytes: 2860 On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 11:11:03 -0400, Zen Cycle wrote: >On 4/17/2025 8:18 PM, Radey Shouman wrote: >> zen cycle writes: >> >>> On 4/15/2025 5:13 PM, Radey Shouman wrote: >> >> [ ... ] >> >>>> Once again, covid, not flu. >>> >>> Covid _is_ influenza. >> >> No, it is not. Coronaviruses are not influenza. >> >>>> It's like you don't read what you're >>>> attempting to respond to. >>> >>> More like you didn't specify seasonal flu, you said "flu", which >>> includes covid. >> >> No, it does not. >> >> > >I stand corrected. >However..... > >On 4/16/2025 6:10 AM, zen cycle wrote: > > On 4/15/2025 5:13 PM, Radey Shouman wrote: > >> Interesting. I didn't see any information on flu shots, except for one > >> sentence including them among vaccinations that save lives. That's > >> almost evidence that European nations *don't* require flu shots for > >> toddlers. > > > > OK, here ya go: > > > > https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/seasonal-influenza/prevention-and-control/ > > seasonal-influenza-vaccines > > > > "Vaccination is especially important for people at higher risk of > > serious influenza complications: individuals with specific chronic > > medical conditions, pregnant women, children aged 6-59 months, the > > elderly and healthcare workers." > > When I was in the Air Force we got "flu shots" for a couple of years, long before anyone had heard of "Covid". -- Cheers, John B.