{"id":1782098,"date":"2022-12-20T20:03:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T01:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1782098"},"modified":"2022-12-20T20:03:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T01:03:07","slug":"study-shows-pandemic-saw-rise-in-firearm-injuries-among-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-shows-pandemic-saw-rise-in-firearm-injuries-among-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Shows Pandemic Saw Rise In Firearm Injuries Among Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstudy-shows-pandemic-saw-rise-in-firearm-injuries-among-kids%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1782098&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"p1\">A new study showed another disastrous effect of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/covid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pandemic<\/a> on kids \u2014 a spike in gun injuries. The information comes alongside another study that showed the increasing homicide rates of kids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The study was <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamapediatrics\/fullarticle\/2799358\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> on Monday in JAMA Pediatrics and found that the rate of children with injuries from firearms going to children\u2019s hospitals in the United States \u201csignificantly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and remained elevated throughout 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The research discovered that there were 1,815 firearm injuries in a given period prior to the pandemic, while there were 2,759 during the pandemic \u2014 which was a 52% spike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">While there \u201cwere no significant differences between cohorts by sex, household income, rurality, region, mortality, or intent,\u201d the study found that more non-Hispanic black children, kids ages 0 to 5 years old, as well as kids with public insurance were hurt by firearms during the pandemic when contrasted with kids harmed by firearms before the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe COVID-19 pandemic was independently associated with increased monthly firearm injuries after controlling for all covariates,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The monthly average of firearm injuries was also much higher during the period of the pandemic than it was prior to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis really highlights the fact that the leading cause of death in children and adolescents is firearms,\u201d Stephanie Iantorno, a co-author of the analysis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/gun-injuries-among-children-surged-during-pandemic-study-says-11671469231?st=y5kwwl78kt31uw8&#038;reflink=article_copyURL_share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, per The Wall Street Journal. \u201cIt really is a public-health crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The homicide <a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/morning-breakout\/gun-injuries-deaths-among-kids-rose-precipitously-during-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rates<\/a> of children have also been going up in recent years, a separate study found. The rate has gone up each year, \u201con average 4.3% since 2013,\u201d and it increased even more from 2019 to 2020, going up 27.7%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamapediatrics\/article-abstract\/2799356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/12\/19\/health\/homicide-child-death\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found<\/a> that homicide rates have recently gone up a lot for males, black children, Hispanic kids, kids in the south, as well as those in urban and rural regions. They also went up for kids 6 to 10, 11 to 15, and 16 to 17 years of age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It also noted that homicide rates have gone down since 1999 for girls, infants, and children between the ages of one and five years old. It has also gone down for Asian or Pacific Islander children, white children, and kids in the Northeast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Dr. Elinore J. Kaufman, co-author of the editorial with the study, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/19\/health\/gun-deaths-children-covid.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> The New York Times that homicides of younger kids typically happen inside or close to the home. They are most frequently carried out by people taking care of the children and parents and are also many times connected to neglect and child abuse and show the stressful situations of families, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019re doing a good job of taking care of families, and it shows,\u201d Dr. Kaufman noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study showed another disastrous effect of the pandemic on kids \u2014 a spike in gun injuries. The information comes alongside another study that showed the increasing homicide rates of kids. 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