Posted on 10/04/2020 8:28:49 AM PDT by daniel1212
The Institute for Highway Safety reports 11 teens die every day due to texting while driving. Now, a new study shows teens who text and drive are more likely to exhibit other dangerous behaviors.
77 teens die every week (Age 16 -19)
4.015 deaths every year
So - texting is more dangerous to teens while driving than COVID.
4,015 deaths every year
oops — typo....
Yes, although there is a discrepancy btwn stats based upon the U.S. Department of Transportation's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), that "A total of 2,476 teenagers ages 13-19 died in motor vehicle crashes in 2018" and what https://www.necn.com/news/local/_necn__highway_safety__11_teens_die_every_day_due_to_texting_while_driving_necn/163912/ reports, that "The Institute for Highway Safety reports 11 teens die every day due to texting while driving" = 4,015 deaths every year.
Im still haunted by a fatal crash in October 2016 that had two brothers and a friend they all died
I cant imagine being parents and losing both of their children that way
The keeping the youth idle (out of school) was one of the worst aspects and least necessary, least scientific aspects of the U.S. Covid-19 public health measures. Evidence against it was available globally but largely ignored by the states and the K-12 schools in the U.S.
How much does wearing a mask help?
If you make every death a covid death, that’s how you get that many or more.
A stitched, two-layer cotton mask limits the droplet spread to 2.5 inches. Single layer bandanas are the least effective masks, reducing droplet spread to 3 feet 7 inches. Without any mask droplets will spread 12 feet.
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0016018
Thanks for the reply.
So, does a mask reduce transmission by 100%? 10%? 1%?
That depends on whether or not you are ok with people up in your face I think, that is if you and they are wearing the good masks, who knows with the bandanas.
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