Are unvaccinated people riskier drivers?

[AviatorTom]

Recent studies have shown that people who don't get a flu or COVID vaccine are riskier drivers and get involved in more accidents where someone gets hurt.

It's not that they're unvaccinated though. It's that their refusal to get a vaccine points to a personality where they are less likely to follow rules and hence, take more risks while driving.

Here's the whole story...

Unvaccinated are riskier drivers

What do you think?

[BeMuse]

Did you read the study? Did you happen to look at the date when they acquired their data? Did you compare that to the dates when specific age groups were eligible for vaccination? Did you look at which age groups actually met vaccination quotas at specific dates? Did you look up car crash statistics by age group per capita. It's convenient that they would pick a date which would have older drivers who drive less and statistically get in less crashes at a point where they are more vaccinated and younger drivers who drive more and get in more car crashes at a point where they would be non-vaccinated. Your study is bogus. The people that put their name on that crap are fucking frauds.

[BeMuse]

And so are the people that attempt to use it to push a narrative...

[exitseven]

There is probably some truth to that. There are many other risk factors as well that thr fake news will not talk about. I bet people that smoke dope have more accidents, also people who cheat on their taxes.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[CrazyGirl2]

That study was incredibly flawed, and has already been debunked. They only measured people who went to the hospital after a crash. SO… If a vaccinated driver hit two unvaccinated pedestrians, the driver didn’t need hospitalization but the pedestrians obviously did, so this study would report that as TWO unvaccinated got into a car crash, without mentioning that it was CAUSED by a vaccinated person!
#JunkScience
#FakeNews
#HighlyManipulative
#SoundsLikeItMakesSenseButItDoesNot

[purplepoppy]

Sounds plausible. Some jobs ask for vaccination status, I wonder if it has less to do with covid and more to do with weeding out risky people.

[Anonymous]

Given that the media was solely designed to push whatever narrative serves them, even if it's a lie. Why would you even entertain belief in anything they say?

What you will find is that the COVID shots cause cognitive decline that varies depending on the strength of your immune system and age. And as time goes on, traffic accidents and dangerous driving will increase for those who took the shot. Now imagine if a scientist discovered this. Ask yourself whether he would dare report it anywhere. That fact alone should tell you why they are reporting as they did in that article.

[Astarlessnightsky]

I see another potential factor, i assume younger people were less likely to the vaccine as they aren't part of the high risk group.

And younger drivers are generally more likely to get in car accidents. As they lack experience and often overestimate their abilities.

[CrazyGirl2]

Actually, NO. We younger people are required to be vaccinated to attend school, or college. So the rate of people under 25 (who have the highest likelihood of getting into a crash), are almost universally Vaxxed. Where did you hear that we are LESS likely to be vaccinated?

[Astarlessnightsky]

This depends on your location, here in germany there was never a mandatory vaccine for anybody.

[CrazyGirl2]

Yes it does depend on location, as with everything. Good point!

[LiamJHayden]

Any link to the study, the internals, any skewing data? Is it possible that the "riskier" drivers were disproportionately from more rural areas where Covid was not a threat and therefore those people were far less likely to get vaxxed? If a vaxxed driver causes a chain reaction accident in which the other four cars were driven by unvaxxed, does that count as 80% unvaxxed accidents?

[Apple1996]

Antivax here and never even been pulled over or had a accident

[andreasderjuengere]

How does one qualify as a ''risky'' driver, I wonder.

The study: it would be interesting to know if there also is a study about the accident rates of unvaccinated pedestrians or bicyclists.

[OlderAndWiser]

Other studes might demonstrate that the unvaccinated are more successful as entrepeneurs, but such a study is unlikely to be published since it doesn't fit the narrative.

[Andres77]

This is a crock. Political pressure to force illegal acts on others and encouraging the sheeple population to pressure others as well.

[FunkyMonkee]

No, that'd be the assholes that can't put down their fucking phones!!

[Red-Blaze]

I think its clickbait and nothing more
Someone not taking the vax can have multiple reasons to do so

[SnowedIn]

This was an interesting read, Tom. I don't have enough information to answer your question, but it really was an interesting read.

[Clairebear799]

I think the adverse effects have caused more crashes. Planes just falling out of the sky like never before.

[tfan1]

Bullschit! I’m unvaccinated and I’ve had covid twice. Recovered and treated it like the flu - no problem. And I’m a Very careful driver.

[Shamalien]

so much of what people call science these days is fucking trash

[Savannah44]

who cares? There's more important issues to worry about

[Anonymous]

Does it matter?

[Opinion Owner]

... was the survey funded by Pfizer?

[Anonymous]

Correlation is not causation.

[joeldalton]

I think it’s nothing but propaganda.

[HippieVeganJewslim]

Probably just a mere coincidence.