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Automotive deaths are another example of a failure, not success. Something like 40,000 deaths a year still. Add guns to the list as well. Covid isn’t the first
by cactus2093 6y ago
Automotive deaths are another example of a failure, not success. Something like 40,000 deaths a year still. Add guns to the list as well. Covid isn’t the first mass killer we just kind of learn to live with and ignore.
- mdoms 6y agoThis is a VERY American perspective. Neither Covid nor gun deaths have been significant in NZ this year.
- rsynnott 6y agoThe US is arguably a bit of an outlier on automotive deaths. In most highly developed countries these peaked in the 70s or so and fell sharply since (due to seatbelts, better car design, harsh anti-drink-driving rules, etc). The UK peaked at 8k per year in the late 60s, for instance, and fell to reliably under 2k by the last decade. The US peaked around the same time at 55k, but fell much more modestly to 38k. Gun deaths, of course, are a very US thing; they don’t really register in most developed countries.