Posted on 09/18/2018 7:47:50 PM PDT by Simon Green
Over 2,500 medical students and healthcare professionals at over 30 leading medical centers held events on Monday urging the public to treat "gun violence" as a public health crisis, The Mercury News reported.
The events were part of Scrubs Addressing the Firearms Epidemic (SAFE), a non-partisan action co-founded by Stanfords Professor of Medicine Dr. Dean Winslow, a Republican, and fourth year medical student Sarabeth Spitzer, a Democrat. Winslow is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and flight surgeon who was deployed six times to Iraq and Afghanistan.
At Stanford, healthcare professionals spoke about the health risk associated with guns, the gun epidemic and trauma care. At the University of California San Francisco, two panels discussed California's firearms laws and recommended ways to talk to patients about firearm access, safety, and risk.
According to Spain, it's difficult for medical professionals to get involved in the gun debate because of the political nature surrounding firearms.
If this were any other public health problem, we wouldnt stand for it. But its such a hot button political topic that we lose the ability to talk about it," Spain told The Mercury News. Weve been a little slow. Were politically adverse. Our mission is education and research. This is advocacy.
Medical associations and groups have become involved in the gun control debate. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physicians and the American Medical Association are just a few who have thrown their hat into the arena.
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How many children do these moonbats kill every year through abortion, including partial birth abortion?
Guards at your workplace protect you. Home in a gated, guarded area is also safe. The vast majority of citizens does not have that kind of protection. Fortunately, the Constitution guarantees the right of self defense to us, and we will never give that up.
Really, “any other public health problem?” Ok doc, put your money where your mouth is. Are you this passionate and outspoken about heart disease? Car accidents? Cancer? Diabetes? These and many other things cause more injuries and deaths than firearms. So how about it doc, when do you really the troops against lower respiratory illnesses?... Oh, you don’t do all that? Then you’re a liar with a hidden agenda.
2,500 medical students and healthcare “professionals” who will not survive CW II.
It was that o and h that took that long, LOL
More bulls*ht from the uninformed.
I’m always too verbose. LOL
Have a good one Lurkinanloomin.
Doctor heal thyself.
More people die of hospital disease than from gunshot wounds.
that poor girl in Iowa....the golfer but also the other girl that was jogging....they were not shot to death...
re Stanford.....what do we expect from a university that would give Chelseeee a degree after 3 whole yrs of not attending class....
Doctors should stick to healing. They should push hard on adult stem cell research and immunotherapy because these therapies have enormous potential. Doctors have an important job and should focus on it.
My son was a federal police officer. He had to deal with at least two armed mental cases in his area of operation.
There were no doctors around to help!
[PS: My son and his team took down both suspects without shooting them, which they were authorized to do. Just surrounded and tackled them, put on the cuffs and gave them to the locals to hold on federal charges.]
Dr. Winslow should know that, as a flight surgeon with many combat area tours, that sometimes you NEED A GUN AGAINST A LOCAL TALIBAN OR AL QAEDA TERRORIST.
As a combat doctor,
And to think, back in 1962 they ONLY wanted to register handguns. Rifles would not be affected!
Then in 1981, actress Lee Grant went on GMA and poked holes in the air with her finger yelling...”THE NRA IS A RIFLE ORGANIZATION! THEY SHOULD GIVE UP THEIR HANDGUNS AND THEY CAN KEEP THEIR RIFLES!”
Then in 1988 they went after the rifles.
No kidding.
When they collect mine I’d suggest they take caution and not grab it by the barrel. It’s going to be hot, God willing.
And take care not to trip over the spent shells.
I don’t want to harm anyone but I’m leaving this life a free man.
Sic Semper Tyranus.
62.98 million Americans from all over the country think 2,500 medical students and healthcare professionals at over 30 leading medical centers are complete idiots.
I too think we should move society away from semi-auto’s! Install selector switches on ALL FIREARMS! Do it now, for the chilrun!
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