Opinion: Trauma surgeons: We are bracing for a return to the rates of gun violence we witnessed five years ago

Stoneleigh Fellow Jessica Beard and her colleague Elinore Kaufman have published an op-ed for The Philadelphia Inquirer discussing the risk waning support for gun violence research poses to public health.

Nearly five years ago, from separate hospitals across Philadelphia, the horrifying reality of what we were facing came into focus. What had once been intermittent became incessant: police cars arriving at our doors, with patient after patient who’d been shot.

We were among the first to document the rise in gun violence in 2020, anticipating the heartbreaking years that would follow as the pandemic sowed fear and economic disempowerment. We now see a new wave of apprehension and uncertainty building — and we are bracing ourselves for a return to the distressing rates of gun violence we witnessed five years ago.

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