Article shared by Baquer Namazi
I do hope articles such as the one below will heighten awareness among the people and will keep the leaders focused on the right part of child protection.
Summary
Recent years have seen an alarming reversal in child mortality rates in the US after decades of decline. Death rates among children increased sharply from 2019-2021, rising "more steeply than it had in at least half a century." The article notes political obstacles to research, citing how Congress barred the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from spending money to 'advocate or promote gun control'. The piece ends by connecting to RFK Jr.'s nomination as HHS Secretary, noting his views on children's health focus on vaccines and fluoride rather than these documented causes of rising mortality.
Key quotes
"Guns were at the center of it all, replacing car crashes as the leading killer of kids."
""From 2019 to 2021, the child death rate rose more steeply than it had in at least half a century. ...These children weren't felled by some spreading contagion; their deaths were sudden and 'almost always preventable.'"
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