Driving is one of the most dangerous thing we do. We normalize mundane risks (indeed, life would be hard otherwise) and excessively worry over tiny, remote ones. That’s human, but we should not let our irrational attention drive policy. (What’s with Aug. 2nd? More of us driving!)https://twitter.com/Quicktake/status/1024960573870694402 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Bloomberg Quicktake
Speaking of risk, this is what an actual vaccination scandal looks like.https://twitter.com/tictoc/status/1024981107794685952 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted 0xEugene
Ah. The general rule seems to be: the more we drive, the less safe it is. Avoiding planes after the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks, and driving long-distances instead caused the death of more people than 9/11 itself.https://twitter.com/0xeugene/status/1025040615812153344 …
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I followed this rabbit hole farther than I should have. Bloomberg has numbers and links to the http://iihs.org study which actually says that July 4th is the deadliest.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-01/tomorrow-looms-as-deadliest-day-of-the-year-for-u-s-car-wrecks …
http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/general-statistics/fatalityfacts/overview-of-fatality-facts …
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