“Between 1998 and August 2018, almost eight hundred children in the United States died when left unattended in hot cars. Half were under two years of age. Remarkably—indeed, I would say shockingly—more U.S. states have laws making it illegal to leave an animal unattended in a car than to leave a child unattended. The margin of difference is twenty-nine to twenty-one. Bryson, Bill. The Body (p. 194). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. ”


