My last post was a response to a recent article in Consumers
Digest magazine that suggested that waterpark injuries were on a sharp rise and
that the best solution to solving that problem was implementing new federal
regulation that would require reporting of waterpark injuries to federal
authorities. My initial response took on
the factual underpinnings of this article, showing that even the very
injury-data Consumers Digest relied upon failed to support the central thesis
that waterparks were dangerous and becoming more so. Now it’s time for the second issue raised both
in the Consumers Digest piece and, more generally, in the media every time an
unfortunate incident occurs: Is federal
regulation the answer?