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The number seems low, so I looked for some information about how common CO poisoning is in non-Airbnb hotels and motels and found this:
This problem doesn't appear to occur any higher in Airbnb establishments than any other hotel, motel, or resort, at least according to what this research suggests. It is worth noting, however, that the frequency of poisonings is a lot higher when you consider those that didn't lead to fatalities.
With that said, CO monitors are fairly cheap and as the research states, a lot of these incidents could probably have been prevented by using them. In many countries in Europe at least, this is already a legal requirement. I don't see why it shouldn't be in the US too.
Unless I missed it skimming the article, they don't list CO deaths per stay, so the numbers can't be directly compared.
There were fewer deaths in hotels despite accounting for far far more nights of booking.
You’re confirming that AirBnB has a much higher rate of killing guests with CO than hotels which follow the law.