this post was submitted on 17 Dec 2024
248 points (96.6% liked)

science

14984 readers
565 users here now

A community to post scientific articles, news, and civil discussion.

rule #1: be kind

<--- rules currently under construction, see current pinned post.

2024-11-11

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 39 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Something finally beat guns.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe not. Data wasn't broken down by choice of weapon.

Among children and young people aged 0 – 19 years in the US, COVID-19 ranked eighth among all causes of death; fifth among all disease-related causes of death; and first in deaths caused by infectious or respiratory diseases.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago

Getting murdered 4th place feels preventable 🤔 more guns and less regulations should fix it