Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoCar crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things draws media attention. lemmy.worldimagemessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1536
arrow-up1536imageCar crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things draws media attention. lemmy.worldDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square114fedilink
minus-squareGoldmage263@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThat doesn’t make the comparison invalid, it can just be misleading to those with poor data literacy. Knowing how many “preventable” deaths from each source is valuable, but only if people are planning to do something about it.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoNo one does. Every road safety measure is pretty universally lobbied against.
That doesn’t make the comparison invalid, it can just be misleading to those with poor data literacy. Knowing how many “preventable” deaths from each source is valuable, but only if people are planning to do something about it.
No one does. Every road safety measure is pretty universally lobbied against.