Tag: car accidents

New Study Claims Unvaccinated More Likely to Crash Cars — Critics Call Findings ‘a Joke’

Via Children’s Health Defense

A new study claims people who choose not to get vaccinated against COVID-19 face a substantially higher risk of getting in a car crash than vaccinated people, which could justify higher insurance rates for the unvaccinated, prompting critics to pounce on the study’s flaws and researchers’ motives.

People who choose not to get vaccinated against COVID-19 face a substantially higher risk of getting in a car crash than vaccinated people, which could justify higher insurance rates for the unvaccinated, according to a study published this month in The American Journal of Medicine.

The study didn’t find that being unvaccinated causes traffic accidents. Instead, the researchers postulated that there is a psychological reason why “vaccine hesitant” people “might also neglect basic road safety guidelines.”

John Campbell, Ph.D., a nurse educator, and comedian and political commentator Russell Brand were among the critics who took issue with the study, citing its flaws and questioning the motives behind doing such a study.

Others were more blunt. Norman Fenton, Ph.D., a professor of risk information management at Queen Mary London University, accused the journal of publishing “a study in stupidity.”

Dr. Vinay Prasad, a hematologist-oncologist at the University of California San Francisco tweeted:

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Mistakes and Accidents

Guest Post by Eric Peters

Avoiding an accident is actually pretty easy – because most “accidents” aren’t.

They are the result of mistakes.

In other words, avoidable things.

Here are a few common mistakes that can lead to an “accident.”

Too much speed, not enough space –

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Smartphones are killing Americans, but nobody’s counting

Via Bloomberg

Jennifer Smith doesn’t like the term “accident.” It implies too much chance and too little culpability.

A “crash” killed her mother in 2008, she insists, when her car was broadsided by another vehicle while on her way to pick up cat food. The other driver, a 20-year-old college student, ran a red light while talking on his mobile phone, a distraction that he immediately admitted and cited as the catalyst of the fatal event.

“He was remorseful,” Smith, now 43, said. “He never changed his story.”

 

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Accidents Happen . . . Are You Ready?

Guest Post by Eric Peters

The thing about accidents, of course, is they’re unpredictable. They just kind of happen – usually at a time (and in a place) that’s not convenient. They are also stressful – and that’s pretty much when our capacity to make good decisions is at a low ebb.

Which is why it’s a good idea to be ready – as you can be – for an accident before it happens.

* Prepping your car –

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