Thread by @ReopenCASchools

Just discovered a 2018 @CDCgov report regarding children and brain injuries & some @biaamerica statistics.

From this, I'm absolutely convinced WE MUST MANDATE ALL KIDS 3-17 WEAR HELMETS AT ALL TIMES (exceptions noted later).

First, the cold hard facts...

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The Brain Injury Association reports that:

-Brain injury is the leading cause of disability & death for <18 in U.S.
-For <14, brain injury results in an estimated 2,685 deaths, 37,000 hospitalizations per year.

That's over 10X Covid deaths!

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biausa.org/brain-injury/a…

CDC report goes into more detail. TBIs (traumatic brain injuries) are:

-Sexist
-Ageist
-Racist
-Classist

This screenshot is a summary, but let's look at each of these in detail.

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cdc.gov/nchs/products/…

In this chart, we can clearly see TBIs are ageist by impacting 15-17 year old kids much more than any other age group. Boys are clearly impacted way more than girls. Why are TBIs sexist?

Btw, if we don't helmet all kids, we should at least helmet boys 6+ and girls 12+.

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Here, we see how shockingly racist TBIs are.

White children were almost twice as likely to have had a significant head injury compared with other non-Hispanic racial groups.

But there's more...

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Look how staggering the difference is between white girls and non-white girls.

Are the brains of white girls ages 3-17 that much more fragile than girls of all other races? Seriously, what is going on here? Regardless, we definitely must helmet all white girls ages 3-17.

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Now onto the education of parents. TBIs apparently don't like the kids of parents with college degrees.

Brains prone to higher-ed create brains prone to TBIs? And what is up with the disparity with girls again? Most of this classist behavior of TBIs is aimed at girls.

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Mandating kids wear helmets indefinitely is necessary to save lives and prevent serious injury. Surely, it may impact their ability to live life, but it will help them stay alive. Probably OK to exempt for showering and sleeping (unless sleeping on the top bunk).

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Why can't we only helmet kids in high-risk categories or when participating in high-risk activities?

Well, we don't want to worry about bullying. Also, it will be too hard for teachers, caregivers and other adults to police. It's easier if we mandate all kids all the time.

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Satirical thread but serious question:

With vaccines available to 12+, and pretending masking kids at school was modestly effective, please explain why masking kids indefinitely makes sense but helmeting kids indefinitely does not? TBIs are much worse than Covid for kids.

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