Augie RayPeople do not understand how to equate things with “lower” risk into their daily lives. Most are pretending that #COVID19 is so low risk, they act like it's gone. They do this, even though COVID remains a top three cause of death in the US and took 0.08% of Americans' lives last year. If 0.08% of US flights crashed and killed fliers, that would mean 36 plane crashes and 2,300 people dead EVERY SINGLE DAY. If that were the case, almost no one would get on a plane. So, why won't we #WearAMask?
Tab Combs@augieray
We use similar logic when trying to figure out why society is seemingly ok with the numbers of people killed or catastrophically injured in #TrafficCrashes every year. In the US it's in the hundreds of thousands. Yet most people, acting as either individuals or auto manufacturers or roadway designers or regulators, willingly and knowingly prioritize #speed (the very thing that causes crashes) over #safety.
The #PlaneCrash analogy doesn't work for #RoadSafety either, and it's maddening.