We use the prescribing cascade to deal with gun violence in the US
In a prescribing cascade, instead of removing the source of the symptom, we prescribe meds to mask the problem
In the US, Instead of removing guns, we waste money on Kevlar backpacks and bullet resistant tables
Let’s stop throwing pills at the problem
Let’s stop throwing Kevlar at the problem
Let’s. Remove. Guns.
#Geriatics #guninjuries #gunFireEpidemic #GunControl #childrenFirst
like strategies for how to use a pencil to pierce a shooter’s eyes... “
“This is an entire industry that capitalizes on school shootings; however, these companies have very little evidence that what they are selling works,” said Odis Johnson, exec director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Safe & Healthy Schools." #guninjuries #guns #gunviolence
How many more need to die from gun violence in the U.S.?
Annually,
⭐️ 40K Americans die
⭐️ 200K injured from firearms
“There is little question that firearm violence is a public health crisis... And yet, unlike for homelessness, opioids or other determinants of health, there has never been a U.S. Surg General’s Report on gun violence in America.”
#GunControl #guninjuries #firearm #firearmviolence #politics #potus
Aroonsiri (June) Howell MD MPH
Carolyn Barber, MD
Zahir MD
