A recent study published by The American Journal of Medicine in early December linked those who did not take the COVID-19 vaccine to an increased risk of car crashes.
The Canadian researchers analyzed over 11 million COVID-19 vaccination records of persons over 18. Of those 11 million, 16 percent, or 1,760,000, were not vaccinated. Researchers looked into traffic risks such as dementia, diabetes, sleep apnea, and alcohol abuse. They examined situations involving sending patients to the emergency room, ambulance involvement, and a "triage severity score."
Researchers were able to determine individuals who hadn't received the COVID-19 vaccine were at a higher risk of traffic accidents. The link possibly comes down to decision-making and risk assessment — to obey or not to obey the mandates or traffic laws.
That isn't to say if you didn't get the shot, you would get into a traffic accident. Researchers concluded that if an individual was cautious or reluctant to "protect themselves" with the vaccine, they were more likely to disregard traffic laws.
Of the unvaccinated, 72% were more likely to be involved in a severe car accident. The number looked even worse when the study pointed out the percentage was "similar to the relative risk associated with sleep apnea" but still not as severe as those who abused alcohol.
The danger is still there, so much so it "exceeds the safety gains from modern automobile engineering advances and also imposes risks on other road users."
The study did admit that "correlation does not mean causality." The study did not discuss whether there was a link between not getting the vaccine and driving recklessly. Still, other writers of the survey did speculate:
"One possibility relates to a distrust of government or belief in freedom that contributes to both vaccination preferences and increased traffic risks. A different explanation might be misconceptions of everyday risks, faith in natural protection, antipathy toward regulation, chronic poverty, exposure to misinformation, insufficient resources, or other personal beliefs. Alternative factors could include political identity, negative past experiences, limited health literacy, or social networks that lead to misgivings around public health guidelines. These subjective unknowns remain topics for more research."
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