Helmets

From the start of Covid up until August 18, 2021 a total of 361 children under age 18 have died and most of those had underlying conditions. This is about a year and a half during which time 18,000 children died from accidents. Of these head injuries result in over 2,600 deaths. Among children ages 0 to 14, brain injury results in an estimated 2,685 deaths, 37,000 hospitalizations, and 435,000 emergency department visits. Wearing helmets would be a minor inconvenience to save the cost of all those emergency visit, the lost school time from hospitalizations and the pain and suffering from the death of a child. Many states have passed laws requiring motor bike operators to wear helmets. How far does the state go to eliminate the hazards of life. Should a cost/benefit ratio determine how far?