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On Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 7:16:37 AM UTC+1, Tosspot wrote:
Is it true helmets protect you from COVID-19? Apparently not where Mr Moots does his thing... Andre Jute Or his dealers |
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On 4/1/2020 1:16 AM, Tosspot wrote:
On 31/03/2020 22:29, Ralph Barone wrote: It’s good to see that everybody has adjusted to their new COVID-19 reality (whatever it is for each of us), and we can now get back to discussing important technical matters like “Can you really bang your head on a tree branch while riding alongside a road?” and “What is the purpose of government?” Rather refreshing, I think... Is it true helmets protect you from COVID-19? And leg injuries too. There's a study on that. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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Tosspot wrote:
On 31/03/2020 22:29, Ralph Barone wrote: It’s good to see that everybody has adjusted to their new COVID-19 reality (whatever it is for each of us), and we can now get back to discussing important technical matters like “Can you really bang your head on a tree branch while riding alongside a road?” and “What is the purpose of government?” Rather refreshing, I think... Is it true helmets protect you from COVID-19? It’s the opposite. People who wear helmets are slightly more likely to die of COVID-19 :-) |
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On 3/31/2020 11:16 PM, Tosspot wrote:
On 31/03/2020 22:29, Ralph Barone wrote: It’s good to see that everybody has adjusted to their new COVID-19 reality (whatever it is for each of us), and we can now get back to discussing important technical matters like “Can you really bang your head on a tree branch while riding alongside a road?” and “What is the purpose of government?” Rather refreshing, I think... Is it true helmets protect you from COVID-19? 63.8% of the people in the U.S. that tested positive for Covid-19 said that they wear a helmet when cycling. If you use the FK-Correlation-Postulate™ that would prove that helmets cause Covid-19. On the other hand, 76.4% of U.S. residents wear a helmet while cycling so the FK-Correlation-Postulate™ would actually prove that wearing a helmet prevents Covid-19. And if you look at China, were very few cyclists wear helmets but had a high rate of Covid-19 cases, that would show that not wearing a helmet leads to Covid-19. A full face shield helmet is another story entirely. A motorcycle helmet with a face shield would probably have some effect on transmission and reception. For kids, use this one https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000631092667.html I think we will have to wait until Trump weighs in on the effects of bicycle helmets on Covid-19. He knows more about this than anyone because he had an uncle that went to MIT and rode a bicycle without wearing a helmet and did not get Covid-19. Trump also knows more about DI2 than anyone so Tom could contact him for advice. I will be on a call today at 10:30 PDT with Dr. Anthony Fauci and if they allow questions I could ask about the effectiveness of bicycle helmets on stopping the spread of the virus, but I think I won't. Risk compensation will come into play here as well since those people that take precautions are likely to engage in more risky behavior even though there's no evidence that this is the case for either helmet wearers or mask wearers. Ultimately someone needs to form a research foundation where everyone that ignores all scientific evidence can weigh in on the effectiveness of helmets on Covid-19, the same way another foundation is made up of members that spend a great deal of effort ignoring all the scientific evidence of the effectiveness of bicycle helmets on head injuries. The NRA may also want to weigh in on the effectiveness of assault weapons against Covid-19. |
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On 01/04/2020 16:36, Ralph Barone wrote:
Tosspot wrote: On 31/03/2020 22:29, Ralph Barone wrote: It’s good to see that everybody has adjusted to their new COVID-19 reality (whatever it is for each of us), and we can now get back to discussing important technical matters like “Can you really bang your head on a tree branch while riding alongside a road?” and “What is the purpose of government?” Rather refreshing, I think... Is it true helmets protect you from COVID-19? It’s the opposite. People who wear helmets are slightly more likely to die of COVID-19 :-) applause I like the cut of your jib Sir! |
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On Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 1:29:05 PM UTC-7, Ralph Barone wrote:
It’s good to see that everybody has adjusted to their new COVID-19 reality (whatever it is for each of us), and we can now get back to discussing important technical matters like “Can you really bang your head on a tree branch while riding alongside a road?” and “What is the purpose of government?” Rather refreshing, I think... The road was lined by trees in their spring leaves. You couldn't hardly see the upper limbs and who would have expected that the road maintenance people would have allowed not just a branch but a very large and heavy branch to hang over the road like that? Because that is a side road there was no truck traffic that would normally break these sorts of things off. Because it was hanging over the bike lane, I would have never thought for a second that that branch was there so I was only ducking far enough to keep my eyes below the leaves and my helmet was brushing through the leaves. I was riding about 15 mph since I had come in from a country road that I was traveling pretty fast on and this area had new residential area I wasn't familiar with. When I struck that branch it didn't even move an inch. It jammed by head down under it and it slowed me down to much that I stopped less than 10 feet from it. I was sort of shocked for perhaps 30 seconds. Then I took my bike over and leaned it against the 15 foot concrete wall that enclosed the residential area and went over to look at that branch. You could actually do pull-ups on it, it was so heavy. It was completely hidden from all but one small angle (on the wrong side of course) by the heavy leaves. I know that town and my niece has a small business there and I also know that it would be useless to ask them to clear any overhanging tree branches and that it would take a lawsuit for an injury to get any action. So I just rode on. And rode to the highest point of Altamont Pass. Although there is a freeway exit there it is only used by long haul truckers as a sleep area or a location at which truckers meet up to off-load the extra weight that they carried into the state because three miles ahead is a weighing station. The other side is a road that used to have farmer's fields on left but they installed wind farms there and now nothing can live there. Down the hill a bit is a rancher on the right ang the cows all huddle together because of the noise off of the windmills is extremely disturbing to them. They do not fatten properly there, so the farmer is just screwed by those windmills that cost more to build, install and maintain, than they ever make in energy. All of the insectivore bats in the area are killed by the supersonic noise that comes off of the end of those blades and the ground around them is littered with Raptors and other birds that cannot judge the speed nor height of a windmill that is higher off of the ground than the length of a football field. Franky boy besides telling us all that I didn't hit my head also said that windmills don't bother cattle. That is because in his own mind he is a God of pure unassailable knowledge. |
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On Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 5:11:55 PM UTC+2, sms wrote:
On 3/31/2020 11:16 PM, Tosspot wrote: On 31/03/2020 22:29, Ralph Barone wrote: It’s good to see that everybody has adjusted to their new COVID-19 reality (whatever it is for each of us), and we can now get back to discussing important technical matters like “Can you really bang your head on a tree branch while riding alongside a road?” and “What is the purpose of government?” Rather refreshing, I think... Is it true helmets protect you from COVID-19? 63.8% of the people in the U.S. that tested positive for Covid-19 said that they wear a helmet when cycling. If you use the FK-Correlation-Postulate™ that would prove that helmets cause Covid-19. On the other hand, 76.4% of U.S. residents wear a helmet while cycling so the FK-Correlation-Postulate™ would actually prove that wearing a helmet prevents Covid-19. And if you look at China, were very few cyclists wear helmets but had a high rate of Covid-19 cases, that would show that not wearing a helmet leads to Covid-19. A full face shield helmet is another story entirely. A motorcycle helmet with a face shield would probably have some effect on transmission and reception. For kids, use this one https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000631092667.html I think we will have to wait until Trump weighs in on the effects of bicycle helmets on Covid-19. He knows more about this than anyone because he had an uncle that went to MIT and rode a bicycle without wearing a helmet and did not get Covid-19. Trump also knows more about DI2 than anyone so Tom could contact him for advice. I will be on a call today at 10:30 PDT with Dr. Anthony Fauci and if they allow questions I could ask about the effectiveness of bicycle helmets on stopping the spread of the virus, but I think I won't. Risk compensation will come into play here as well since those people that take precautions are likely to engage in more risky behavior even though there's no evidence that this is the case for either helmet wearers or mask wearers. Ultimately someone needs to form a research foundation where everyone that ignores all scientific evidence can weigh in on the effectiveness of helmets on Covid-19, the same way another foundation is made up of members that spend a great deal of effort ignoring all the scientific evidence of the effectiveness of bicycle helmets on head injuries. The NRA may also want to weigh in on the effectiveness of assault weapons against Covid-19. Hey, this was a non Covid-19 thread so stop this crap here. Lou |
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On Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 11:13:06 AM UTC-4, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 1:29:05 PM UTC-7, Ralph Barone wrote: It’s good to see that everybody has adjusted to their new COVID-19 reality (whatever it is for each of us), and we can now get back to discussing important technical matters like “Can you really bang your head on a tree branch while riding alongside a road?” and “What is the purpose of government?” Rather refreshing, I think... The road was lined by trees in their spring leaves. You couldn't hardly see the upper limbs and who would have expected that the road maintenance people would have allowed not just a branch but a very large and heavy branch to hang over the road like that? Because that is a side road there was no truck traffic that would normally break these sorts of things off. Because it was hanging over the bike lane, I would have never thought for a second that that branch was there so I was only ducking far enough to keep my eyes below the leaves and my helmet was brushing through the leaves. I was riding about 15 mph since I had come in from a country road that I was traveling pretty fast on and this area had new residential area I wasn't familiar with. When I struck that branch it didn't even move an inch. It jammed by head down under it and it slowed me down to much that I stopped less than 10 feet from it. I was sort of shocked for perhaps 30 seconds. Then I took my bike over and leaned it against the 15 foot concrete wall that enclosed the residential area and went over to look at that branch. You could actually do pull-ups on it, it was so heavy. It was completely hidden from all but one small angle (on the wrong side of course) by the heavy leaves. I know that town and my niece has a small business there and I also know that it would be useless to ask them to clear any overhanging tree branches and that it would take a lawsuit for an injury to get any action. So I just rode on. And rode to the highest point of Altamont Pass. Although there is a freeway exit there it is only used by long haul truckers as a sleep area or a location at which truckers meet up to off-load the extra weight that they carried into the state because three miles ahead is a weighing station. The other side is a road that used to have farmer's fields on left but they installed wind farms there and now nothing can live there. Down the hill a bit is a rancher on the right ang the cows all huddle together because of the noise off of the windmills is extremely disturbing to them. They do not fatten properly there, so the farmer is just screwed by those windmills that cost more to build, install and maintain, than they ever make in energy. All of the insectivore bats in the area are killed by the supersonic noise that comes off of the end of those blades and the ground around them is littered with Raptors and other birds that cannot judge the speed nor height of a windmill that is higher off of the ground than the length of a football field. Franky boy besides telling us all that I didn't hit my head also said that windmills don't bother cattle. That is because in his own mind he is a God of pure unassailable knowledge. When you ride, how high is your head above the pavement? - Frank Krygowski |
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