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Old 05-28-16 | 07:35 PM
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Joe Minton
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--- read my earlier entries where I gave Professor Hurt's projected difference between the number of riders who would die from a head injury only while wearing a helmet as opposed to those who would die from a head injury only while not wearing one. It's 250 to 1. He was a scientist, an accomplished scholar and knew his way around statistics. BTW: He was and I am against helmet laws but, like me, he was in favor of getting the facts out so people could make an informed decision.

My last entry was about bad statistics based on poorly reported cause-of-death certificates, not about helmets at all.

I'll have nothing more to say on the subject.

Sincerely,
Joe

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