Re: Helmet efficacy test

On 3/25/2025 8:45 PM, John B. wrote:

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:

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As I've said many times before, I haven't been the U.S. for many years ...

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Perhaps you should come visit to refresh your knowledge.
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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".

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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.
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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.
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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.

There's a mathematical concept known as "subsets." Look it up, John. Yes, touch football is a form of football. You did not specify "tackle football."

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?

I'm not advocating playing tackle football against 240 pound opponents without a helmet - although there's plenty of evidence that those helmets are still deficient in protection. See https://sportslitigationalert.com/known-design-defects-of-the-modern-football-helmet-opinion/ for just one discussion.

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.

Bullshit. People here have argued about helmet benefits when specifically talking about brain injury. Reread Mark's post that started this kerfuffle.

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

Meaning I repeatedly post such data. I've done it dozens of times in the past, and I'll probably do it dozens of times in the future.
You've probably forgotten.
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- Frank Krygowski