Neil deGrasse Tyson Downplays El Paso and Dayton Shootings With Statistics

While many celebrities reacted with despair and anger to yet another round of mass shootings in America, Neil deGrasse Tyson’s approach to addressing the tragedy was different… and very much not appreciated. On Sunday afternoon, the host of the rebooted “Cosmos” compared the death count of the two shootings in El Paso and Dayton to the average death rate in 48 hours to other factors, including medical errors, car accidents and suicide. “Often our emotions respond more to spectacle than to data,” he remarked. In the past 48hrs, the USA horrifically lost 34 people to mass shootings. On average, across any 48hrs, we also lose… 500 to Medical errors300 to the Flu250 to Suicide200 to Car Accidents40 to Homicide via Handgun Often our emotions respond more to spectacle than to data. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) August 4, 2019 Also Read: Dayton Mass Shooting Leaves at Least 10 Dead, 26 Injured Tyson’s tweet comes following the killing of at least 29 people who were shot and dozens more injured in the past 24 hours in mass shootings at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart and mall, and at a bar in Dayton, Ohio. That comes after a shooting at the Gilroy...