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
    • Limonene@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months 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)