On 4/10/2018 3:26 AM, James wrote:
An anecdote I was told the other day is very troubling.

A cyclist crashed & was taken to hospital. A nurse made
notes. The cyclist asked why the box was ticked that he'd
been wearing a helmet. The nurse replied they'd been
instructed to assume a helmet was worn and had been smashed
if a cyclist presented without a helmet and had no head injury.

Has this been observed in countries other than Australia?


I don't know but check boxes and other obsessive data
gathering brings out defiance in humans generally. Which is
why I'm "Asian Pacific Islander" on my driving license. They
would not accept "Human" for "Race", race being an
artificial construct with no upside. Hospitals, DOT, Census
etc - screw them all.

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Andrew Muzi
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