Guns and Sugar
What do guns and sugar have in common? They are ubiquitous. Both are easily obtained and difficult to avoid. They can be addictive. And they are quietly destroying our health, individually and collectively.
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Kids in the U.S. aged 5-14 years old are more than 20 times more likely to be killed by a gun than their peers in other high income countries.
The debate on guns needs to be reframed. This article shows how guns are eroding public health.
Guns are woven into the fabric of our everyday lives; and they are destroying it. Road rage, discussed by this New York Times article last year, is just one of the ways.
“In this age of school, workplace and church shootings, everyone is preparing for such scenarios. We are always reminded not to bring people inside the “secure” areas of our clinics who don’t have an appointment or a true medical emergency.” — Hans Duvefelt, a Swedish-born rural Family Physician in Maine, in his blog A Patient in the Lobby Refuses to Leave: Medical Emergency, Unhappy Customer or Active Shooter?