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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 4 Aug 2019

    In the past 48hrs, the USA horrifically lost 34 people to mass shootings. On average, across any 48hrs, we also lose… 500 to Medical errors 300 to the Flu 250 to Suicide 200 to Car Accidents 40 to Homicide via Handgun Often our emotions respond more to spectacle than to data.

    10:58 AM - 4 Aug 2019
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      2. G²‏ @GeraldForPrez 4 Aug 2019
        Replying to @misterlukeqc @neiltyson

        We just don't get what a senseless mass shooting has to do with any of the other data he's talking about 🤷🏿‍♂️

        73 replies 73 retweets 5,734 likes
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      2. RΞK4L7Y‏ @Rekalty 4 Aug 2019
        Replying to @neiltyson

        We're working to prevent medical errors. We're working to prevent the flu. We're working to prevent suicide. We're working to prevent car accident. We're doing fuck all about mass shootings. Spot the difference, Neil.

        312 replies 2,404 retweets 20,295 likes
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      2. Andrew Baggarly‏Verified account @extrabaggs 4 Aug 2019
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        Making a didactic if factually accurate point does not always equate to intelligent or productive discourse. And this was neither inteligent nor productive. Disappointed to read this from you.

        57 replies 82 retweets 1,875 likes
      3. almostITM #SaveTheOA‏ @almostITM Aug 29
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        I know I'm a little late to the party but I'd be willing to bet that 90% of your internet search history is onhttp://thesaurus.com 

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      2. Katie‏ @ZiziFothSi 4 Aug 2019
        Replying to @neiltyson

        The difference is that mass shootings have never inspired a single effective action to ensure that they never happen again. The equivalent would be if nobody worked on flu vaccines, or effective treatment, despite people needlessly dying from it.

        472 replies 1,286 retweets 15,351 likes
      3. Katie‏ @ZiziFothSi 4 Aug 2019
        Replying to @ZiziFothSi @neiltyson

        Medical errors: staff can be suspended, fired, have their licenses to practice medicine revoked. Patients or their families can sue the hospital. Staff can be re-trained, if appropriate, or punished. Policies can be made to prevent it happening again (see Harold Shipman case).

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      1. Andrew Weinstein‏Verified account @Weinsteinlaw 4 Aug 2019
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Since you’re talking about data, how about this fact. More people were murdered in El Paso and Dayton yesterday than are killed by guns in Japan in an entire year. Do you know why?

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      2. Gourd Ward‏ @I_am_Gramps 4 Aug 2019
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      3. _staykay‏ @_staykay 10 Aug 2019
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        this is the perfect reaction to this confusing shit, and also unrelated, one of the greatest chris farley bits of all time

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