Also, comparing this to anything long-standing is flawed because it misses the point that we have an opportunity to solve this that we don't have with other sit

Also, comparing this to anything long-standing is flawed because it misses the point that we have an opportunity to solve this that we don't have with other situations. Smoking habits and seatbelt habits and just about everything else is in a steady state. Nothing we can do can change those situations dramatically, we can only nudge them to a small degree slowly because those situations and habits are entrenched. The point isn't that N people die from this so we should be cool with it because N is in the same ballpark as stuff we've accepted. The point is that we have a short window to solve the new situation before acceptance sets in.