The Biden administration hasn’t delivered on its goals of measuring the public health impact of abortion bans. Experts say it’s a missed opportunity to study how the laws may lead to deaths and long-term injuries.

The Biden administration hasn’t delivered on its goals of measuring the public health impact of abortion bans. Experts say it’s a missed opportunity to study how the laws may lead to deaths and long-term injuries.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Plus, I remember the CDC from the last turd circus. They’re going to have to kick it up a few notches to get back to some semblance of respect.

    The gummit also doesn’t track mass shootings either, no CDC invovled even. Guess why!

    • Buelldozer@lemmy.today
      1·
      2 days ago

      The gummit also doesn’t track mass shootings either

      Yeah they do, The DoJ / FBI puts out official statistics every year.

      no CDC invovled even.

      Most of the time no, but the NIH and the NIJ are.

      • Optional@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 days ago

        That FBI report says

        There were a total of 50 active shooter incidents in 2022, resulting in 313 casualties (100 killed and 213 wounded).

        The Wikipedia article on mass shootings says:

        Total mass shootings: 695, 762 dead, 2902 wounded

        So there’s some discrepancy. The opening of the article explains a little:

        Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research group that tracks shootings and their characteristics in the United States, defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people, excluding the perpetrator(s), are shot in one location at roughly the same time.[4] The Congressional Research Service narrows that definition to four or more killed and excludes the injured who survive.[2][5] The Washington Post and Mother Jones use similar definitions, with the latter acknowledging that their definition “is a conservative measure of the problem”, as many shootings with fewer fatalities occur.[6][7] The crowdsourced Mass Shooting Tracker project applies the most expansive definition: four or more shot in any incident, including the perpetrator.[8][9]