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Re:Spot the Drowning Child (2015) by sokoloff on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @10:01AM (#22484263)
The ones which are just placed on the arms and not tethered to each other have a failure mode where they easily come off if the child puts their arms straight up. Unfortunately, this is also a common drowning fear response.

In general, I want people to have full market freedoms, but I put those water wings pretty near lawn darts in terms of danger.

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Re:Spot the Drowning Child (2015) by OkayPhysicist on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @12:33PM (#22485741)
I'd call lawn darts safer, as the danger with them is a lot more obvious. Everyone understands that throwing sharp things at people will lead to injury. It takes a significantly more informed consumer to know that a product masquerading as a safety tool is ineffectual at best.
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