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EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS
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“We’ve shown over and over that it isn’t just concussions; It’s number of playing years. It’s the lower-level hits, what we call subconcussions, that are asymptomatic, that the player plays right through without even recognizing that he’s had an injury." Dr. Ann McKee |
“After one head injury, the incidence rate becomes about three times greater... and after a second injury it increased to eight times that in the general population.” (Annegers, et al. 1980) |
— Concerned Mom (@ConcernedMom9) June 27, 2019 |
DAMAGE, MISDIAGNOSE, REPEAT
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LEAVE THE KIDS OUT OF THIS
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“Willful ignorance plays
a role in these looming disasters. If your ambition is to maximize short-term gain without regard to the long-term cost, you are better off not knowing the cost. If you want to preserve your personal immunity to the hard problems, it’s better never to really understand the problems.” The Fifth Risk Michael Lewis |
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WE CAN CHANGE |
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INTENTIONAL INJURIES ARE PREVENTABLE INJURIES
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The very existence of collision sports
in schools exerts enormous pressure on students & explicitly endorses physical violence as entertainment. There's no way around it:
recurrent brain trauma in youth tackle football is child abuse. Contact your alma mater(s) today. Ask your teachers/professors why they are complicit in this abuse. Schools should say NO to the: BLOCK, BODYCHECK, HEADER, TACKLE & YES to Age-Appropriate Sport! |