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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday May 05 2019, @03:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the try-wearing-a-helmet dept.

The popularity of e-scooters from billion-dollar companies like Uber, Lyft, Lime and Bird have created a new health scare, according to the Centers for Disease control.

Since electric scooters began populating streets of some of the country's biggest cities last year, there has been a surge in emergency room visits for fractures, dislocations and head trauma, the CDC found in a study that will be released at the Epidemic Intelligence Service conference in Atlanta on Thursday.

The CDC has found that head injuries topped the list of accident-related incidents involving e-scooters at 45%. The study determined that many e-scooter injuries could have been prevented if riders wore helmets and were more careful around cars, according to summary of the study released on Wednesday.

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According to the CDC study, the most common wound after head injuries involved upper extremity fractures at 27%, followed by lower extremity fractures at 12%. The study, which lasted nearly three months, found the e-scooter injury rate was 14.3 per 100,000 trips.

The median age for people injured was 29. The majority of injuries occurred on the street, with 29% connected to first-time riders and 18% involving motor vehicles.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/01/cdc-study-says-e-scooter-injuries-are-largely-preventable-with-helmets.html


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday May 05 2019, @05:07PM (3 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday May 05 2019, @05:07PM (#839284) Journal

    So, these scooters are transmitted like viruses?

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by MostCynical on Sunday May 05 2019, @07:47PM (2 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Sunday May 05 2019, @07:47PM (#839330) Journal

    Yes..cities catch them from venture capitalists.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 05 2019, @09:53PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 05 2019, @09:53PM (#839387)

      The venture capitalists are clever enough to destroy real competition. They pump capital into unprofitable industries that will never make a profit (Tesla motors) driving out those who do make a profit. Done for a long enough time the competition is killed, allowing the formerly unprofitable businesses to take over and make real profit. In fact, they plan on owning the market, doing as they please. Look at google/facebook for examples.

      This is wrong and must be stopped through legislation (keep wishing).

    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday May 06 2019, @09:51PM

      by bob_super (1357) on Monday May 06 2019, @09:51PM (#839857)

      Elected officials are the pimps, and the public gets no cut, just the diseases.