Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-216 hours 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-square70fedilinkarrow-up1349arrow-down122
arrow-up1327arrow-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-216 hours agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squareGoldmage263@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 hours 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-up3·8 hours 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.