Post #1516934

2025-12-20 00:32 UTC

@greene Yeah, easily preventable injuries/deaths by application of a little maternity nurse profession knowledge. But, it's like the people that decide to ride an e-bike at 70km/hr without a helmet (*)… the fact that some poor paramedic has to scrape their now braindead corpse off the pavement and a person at the hospital will then be madly trying to get in touch with the person's next of kin doesn't factor into it. (Not quite this situation, but a work colleague did manage to pick a fight with a bridge railing one morning, on a normal bike and a ridiculous amount of speed, wearing a cheap bicycle helmet… but the outcome was the same. Nearly 10 years later, I still remember the frantic rush trying to get contact details to tell his wife the bad news.) Some people don't consider the consequences of their actions of those around them.

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@greene@wandering.shop 2025-12-20 00:37

@stuartl I think the distinction for me is that there isn’t a multimillion-dollar industry built by charismatic, smart-sounding people posing as authorities (even as legit healthcare workers!) to convince naive young adults on ebikes, who’ve only just learned to ride, that riding without a helmet is not only safe but MUCH SAFER than using one. Many of these people who’ve suffered freebirth tragedies are first-time moms trusting women who’ve given birth half a dozen times and claim to be experts.

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@osma@mas.to 2025-12-20 05:26

The babies didn't elect to die at birth. They never got a chance to have vaccines denied for them. Nor did they ever get to experience riding a modified e-bike and endangering bystanders. A parent does not have the right to deny a child proper medical care. @stuartl @greene

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