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In response to "really?" by Beryllium

I'm just saying that until you factor in the overall percentage of helmet usage and factor out fatalities that would have been fatalities anyhow...

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Dec 22 '08, 15:22

...That throwing 95% out there doesn't really mean anything. It would be like me saying that 100% of those 40 wearing helmets died, so clearly helmets must have been the cause.

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common sense test. - loosilu Dec 22, 15:25 3
- No, it is likely far higher I would think. That said, my argument is not that helmets don't cut down on injuries. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 15:29 2
  - theres - loosilu Dec 22, 15:31 1
    - Who's been arguing that they aren't safer? Let's not confuse putting numbers into perspective (ala Bery's 95%) and denial that they work at all. - Name Withheld By Request Dec 22, 15:37
Statistics on their own don't mean anything. They just suggest things. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 22, 15:23

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I'm just saying that until you factor in the overall percentage of helmet usage and factor out fatalities that would have been fatalities anyhow...

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