Sunday, August 8, 2021

The other public health crisis: Gun violence spikes in the U.S. amid pandemic

A mural memorializing a slain child

In the year and a half since the pandemic began, deadly gunfire in the U.S. has spiked. National data shows homicides increased by 30 per cent in 2020 — and it’s a trend that’s continued this year.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gun-violence-public-health-crisis-covid19-pandemic-1.6132943?cmp=rss

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