Kottke has this video showing a 2009 car colliding with a 1959 car.
Chatgpt claims: According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the United States has decreased from 5.39 in 1960 to 1.11 in 2019.
The UK has approved the Pfizer vaccine for use; the FDA hasn't yet. Some, like the Marginal Revolution blog, are critical.
The FAA grounded Boeing's 737-Max for 20 months, before approving it this month.
These are judgment calls, or actually likely a nested series of judgment calls in each case.
There are some of us alive who remember thalidomide, and the British Comet.
I'm not one to second guess bureaucrats who have to make judgment calls with life and death consequences.
