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Re:Organ transplants down as stay-at-home rules reduce fatal... by SketchySeaBeast on Thursday May 21, 2020 @11:57AM (#23260021)
But those are both facts - less people are driving, but if you do drive you're more likely to be in an accident. Are those conclusions? Would a presentation of facts just be the data itself?
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Re:Organ transplants down as stay-at-home rules reduce fatal... by sokoloff on Thursday May 21, 2020 @12:00PM (#23260079)
Are you more likely to be in an accident? Or are you more likely to be in an accident with a fatality?

It seems like heavy rush-hour traffic is prone to creating a large number of accidents with a low total number of fatalities. When I drive around now, I believe the risk of accident per mile is significantly lower (city dweller used to typically packed city roads), but due to higher speeds, I can’t make the same claim about lower fatality risk.

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