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2021-04-01 -Land of the Free
CDC Gears up to Use Research on 'Gun Violence' the Same Way They Have Used Research on the China Virus
[RS] According to the New York Times, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the organization that has given us a year of misdirection, contradiction, lies, and superstitions in its response to the China virus, is now tentatively moving back into the business of treating gun ownership as a disease.
Dr. Bindi J. Naik-Mathuria, a pediatric trauma surgeon at Texas Children’s Hospital who grew tired of seeing toddlers die of gunshot wounds, has a $684,000 federal grant to track every gun-related death and injury in Houston. The goal: identify and address "hot spots" the way epidemiologists track and contain the coronavirus.

Dr. Garen J. Wintemute, an emergency room doctor and longtime firearm violence researcher in California, is supervising scientific research on whether community interventions in Detroit and Cleveland — including the greening of vacant spaces and the work of so-called violence interrupters like former gang members — can drive down gun-related deaths and injuries.

And Andrew R. Morral, a behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation, a research group, is using sophisticated modeling tools to estimate rates of gun ownership in every state, with detailed demographic information. The purpose, he said, is to search for patterns in firearm homicides and suicides — a first, basic step in research that could lead to reducing them.

The recent mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, Colo., have once again left Democrats and Republicans in a stalemate over background checks for gun buyers and assault weapons bans. But public health experts say a new round of research could pave the way for gun policies that avoid partisan gridlock — and ultimately save thousands of lives.

The studies by Dr. Naik-Mathuria and the others are being paid for by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is once again funding research into gun violence after a nearly 25-year hiatus imposed by Congress. And while they might not reduce the number of massacres, mass shootings account for an extremely small percentage of the roughly 40,000 Americans who die each year from gun violence.

"There’s at least five different gun violence problems in the country and mass shooting is one of them," said Mr. Morral, who has a Ph.D. in psychology. "There’s also suicide, there’s urban gun violence which mostly affects minority young men, there’s family shootings and there’s police shootings. And they all have different risk factors, they all have very different motives and they often involve different firearms."
According to the story, this happened because the guy the NRA got fired, Dr. Mark Rosenberg of the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, became great buds with Jay Dickey:

Posted by Besoeker 2021-04-01 03:23|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 Utilizing the plan that obviously works. Yes, the one with plenty of Federal grant money. That's the one !
Posted by Besoeker 2021-04-01 03:27||   2021-04-01 03:27|| Front Page Top

#2 More people die by cars. Them urban folks want to grab those too.
Posted by Procopius2k 2021-04-01 07:09||   2021-04-01 07:09|| Front Page Top

#3 

The CDC nor the Democrats will every solve the Crime and Violence issues in America.

Until they address the Human and not the object.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-04-01 07:30||   2021-04-01 07:30|| Front Page Top

#4 The goal: identify and address "hot spots" the way epidemiologists track and contain the coronavirus

Chicago would be the place to start.
Posted by Dron66046 2021-04-01 09:26||   2021-04-01 09:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Here's where they line up to send your homeowner's insurance company after you.
Liability risk and all that.
Posted by ed in texas 2021-04-01 12:23||   2021-04-01 12:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Pony-tail Stethoscope Dude,
or Green Helmet Man?

So many classic props and lines.
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-04-01 18:02||   2021-04-01 18:02|| Front Page Top

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