Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month 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-square115linkfedilinkarrow-up1533arrow-down133
arrow-up1500arrow-down1imageCar 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 month agomessage-square115linkfedilink
minus-squareGoldmage263@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month 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 month 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.