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Abbie Lambert's avatar

Thank you. Your posts are always so informative. I especially love your posts on risks of COVID versus risks of other illnesses/accident rates as it helps me make informed decisions for my family.

My 5 year old son was in an accident at school this past week. His finger was shut in one of those heavy, reinforced, quick to close doors that have been installed for safety measures to protect against gun violence in schools. His finger tip was torn halfway off and it broke his finger. The ER Dr said this was happening more often with these doors. He called it before we even told him what happened- he knew it was the heavy, defense doors by how bad the trauma was to his finger. This got me thinking. Our school has spent thousands updating features of the school to make it as safe as it can against gun violence, but has done little this year to stop the spread of viruses in the school. This has even created days when less than half the class was in attendance because of the illness spread (RSV wave). I’d love to have a discussion with the school about a framework of safety inclusive of health safety. Are there any ways to look at risks of say gun violence in schools vs risk of spread that could lead to poor outcomes from COVID and other viruses in school? I’d like to try to make a case for why we should, at the very least, be focused on both areas. Is there a way to compare the risks of both? You were the first person I thought of given your amazing lessons about both COVID and guns- but I also understand if this is too sensitive of a subject.

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Amy Goldstein's avatar

Excellent article! Thanks so much for all of this data rounded up in one place!

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