Front Page News
The Wall Street Journal on
12/8/2012 published a long front page article titled “In
Medical Triumph, Homicides Fall Despite Soaring Gun Violence”
(subscription required).
Some excerpts from this
article:
“Improved medical care doesn’t
account for the entire decline in homicides but it experts say it is a major
factor.”
“… more people survive because
of the spread of hospital trauma centers … the increased use of helicopters …
better training of first responders …”
“… the estimated number of
people wounded seriously … by gunshots … rose 47% to 30,759 in 2011 from 20,844 in 2011 …”
Confirmation Of Anecdotal Evidence
This article kind of confirms
observations such as the famous almost miraculous survival of former Congress
woman Gabrielle Gifford despite a gun shot in the head at close range.
Not least since the first Gulf
War, we have learnt of dramatic improvements in medicine that saved the lives
of severely injured US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Future Is Even Brighter
I believe strongly, that the excellent
care that Congress woman Gifford received is only the beginning for future
gunshot victims. I surmise, in a few years we are able to restore damaged brain
cells.
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