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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

Mabande ("L'égrégore André ꕭꕬ") wrote:

Re. that "bike helmets doesn't protect against concussion" argument against helmet laws:

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• twodotsknowwhy: "This is one of my favorite anecdotes to show how clever rewording of statistics can make them say the opposite of what they mean: Every time a state makes riding a motorcycle without a helmet illegal, the number of ER patients seriously injured in motorcycle accidents skyrockets. Every single time. When you phrase it just right, it makes it sound like it’s more dangerous to ride a motorcycle with a helmet than without one. Of course, the reality is that before those laws, those patients were going to the morgue, not the ER."