Posted on 12/15/2022 4:59:31 AM PST by Antioch
you might be a lot more likely to get into a car crash.
Or at least those are the findings of a new study published this month in The American Journal of Medicine. During the summer of 2021, Canadian researchers examined the encrypted government-held records of more than 11 million adults, 16% of whom hadn’t received the COVID vaccine.
They found that the unvaccinated people were 72% more likely to be involved in a severe traffic crash—in which at least one person was transported to the hospital—than those who were vaccinated. That’s similar to the increased risk of car crashes for people with sleep apnea, though only about half that of people who abuse alcohol, researchers found.
The excess risk of car crash posed by unvaccinated drivers “exceeds the safety gains from modern automobile engineering advances and also imposes risks on other road users,” the authors wrote.
Of course, skipping a COVID vaccine does not mean that someone will get into a car crash. Instead, the authors theorize that people who resist public health recommendations might also “neglect basic road safety guidelines.”
Why would they ignore the rules of the road? Distrust of the government, a belief in freedom, misconceptions of daily risks, “faith in natural protection,” “antipathy toward regulation,” poverty, misinformation, a lack of resources, and personal beliefs are potential reasons proposed by the authors.
The findings are significant enough that primary care doctors should consider counseling unvaccinated patients on traffic safety—and insurance companies might base changes to insurance policies on vaccination data, the authors suggest.
First responders may also consider taking precautions to protect themselves from COVID when responding to traffic crashes, the authors added, as it’s more likely that a driver is unvaccinated than vaccinated.
“The findings suggest that unvaccinated adults need to be careful indoors with other people and outside with surrounding traffic,” the authors concluded.
This isn’t the first time that researchers have examined the link between behavior and vaccination status. Among young adults, a 2021 study published in the Journal of Bioeconomics found a correlation between self-reported risky driving and having skipped their flu vaccine. It examined the survey responses of more than 100,000 Canadians.
Quotes like this are just unreal from a peer reviewed medical publication.
“….The findings are significant enough that primary care doctors should consider counseling unvaccinated patients on traffic safety—and insurance companies might base changes to insurance policies on vaccination data…”
Interesting. The question is how is that possible if I don’t drive?
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More Wasted Government Grant Money!
In reality it is the jab-takers who are engaging in risky behavior.
The Lie has been weaponized
Uh oh - you're gonna be hit by a car.
Shaking my head at this. "Belief in freedom" is the problem?
So people who didn’t take the vax don’t like to, or can’t, follow rules. Hence more traffice accidents and they are a workplace safety hazard too. LOL. The mind reels.....
There’s no question that this study must be flawed in some way. A first question would be whether they controlled for other factors such as number of miles driven per week. Also, I’m guessing that a vaccinated Canadian is one of the most obedient people in the world. Anyhow, this “study” smells like BS.
Rural folks drive more and are less likely to have taken the vaccine.
A disproportionate number of vaccinated individuals do not drive as much as vaccinated perhaps because
1) They are unemployed and living in moms basement,
2) They live in large urban areas like NYC and do not own cars
3) They use mass transportation instead of driving.
4) they are part of the work from home class and do not have a commute.
5) They retired during covid
For every study like this, I can find you a thousand that prove that democrats are evil child molesters.
Back in the 1980’s, a “study” was done that found Bill Cosby was related to Mikhail Gorbachev (leader of the Soviet Union). And we all know that Elizabeth Warren is of Cherokee decent (closer related to a Cherokee Jeep than a native Indian).
The importance of a “sound mind” in all things cannot be over stressed. Once a person gives heed to fables they are taken OUT and then DOWN. There is a certain DEVOLUTION, not an imagined rise, in reasoning powers.
Then comes the unintentional comedy, as shown by that quote.
Exactly.
This study just proves you can get a study to give results the finding source wants.
I’m sure they could find a correlation between Branch Covidians and monkey pox. Does that make the relationship a causal one? Or just a coincidence sue to “other factors”?
Notice what study is NOT being paid for here: those who received the vaccine and “died suddenly” death rates?
Pretty strange study. It included passengers and pedestrians injured by automobiles. It also surprisingly (sarc) found that people who abused alcohol had most crashes.
Breaking news! In a freak accident, a car crashed into a house, severely injuring an occupant in the middle of their basement. It is reported the occupant was not vaccinated for COVID. The vaccinated driver, suffered a heart incident and lost control of the vehicle. After treatment at a local hospital, the driver was released. The occupant of the house is in intensive care.
Breaking news! In a freak accident, a car crashed into a house, severely injuring an occupant in the middle of their basement. It is reported the occupant was not vaccinated for COVID. The vaccinated driver, suffered a heart incident and lost control of the vehicle. After treatment at a local hospital, the driver was released. The occupant of the house is in intensive care.
That’s because the jabsters aren’t driving. They’re in the back of an ambulance.
Yeah! And at a higher risk of dying of old age, too.
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