A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Department of Computer Science has found that, between 2021 and 2022, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in children and young people in the United States, ranking eighth overall. The results demonstrate that pharmaceutical and public health interventions should continue to be applied to limit the spread of the
    • paysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      17·
      12 hours ago

      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.

    • Limonene@lemmy.worldEnglish
      613·
      12 hours ago

      Disease has always been a bigger cause of death in the US than guns.

      • 2019 US gun deaths: 39,707
      • 2019 US heart attack deaths: 659,041 (17 times higher than guns)
      • 2022 US COVID-19 deaths: approx 244,000 (6 times higher than guns in 2019)
      • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        73·
        7 hours ago

        Jesus Christ, 659,041 kids had heart attacks in 2019!?! Or are you citing statistics that aren’t relevant to what’s being discussed in this thread?

      • SelfProgrammedEnglish
        198·
        12 hours ago

        Stay on topic, we’re talking about children here.

        • sorghum@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          4 hours ago

          If I were to wager, I’d bet that accidents (majority of which are car related) would be the leading cause of death in children followed by cancer. I’d like to see what of the accidents were gun related/caused though. Also intentionaly caused deaths via gun violence broken down into suicides and homicides would be a insightful stat.