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[throwawaymaths]

Remember when the CDC started tracking gun violence as an "epidemic"? Surely someone should but the CDC doing so is clearly outside of its charter. That was one major moment that betrayed the CDC becoming a political and not a scientific organization

[ceejayoz]

Help me understand how gunshot wounds have nothing to do with public health?

They study the other common forms of death/injury. If anything, giving guns a special exemption from scrutiny is the political move.

[robbiewxyz]

To add to other comments, gun violence has a massive mental health component for which preventative treatment can save many lives. Of course it warrants study!

And given the well-documented copycat-killer phenomenon, modeling it similarly to an epidemic is very reasonable.

[random3]

So better throw the baby with the bath water and not have CDC then have CDC treat gun violence or suicides as an epidemic, yes?

[jaybrendansmith]

Great timing with this comment, as 20 children are shot in a church.

[specialist]

What is your threshold for epidemic?

Does 47,000 deaths per year (13.7 per 100,000) not qualify?

Why are you even complaining (trolling)? After decades of pressure, the gun lobby (NRA, GOA, etc) has finally eliminated CDC's role in researching gun violence.

Is outright victory insufficient? Must you continue to belabor the point?