After a new outbreak of mass shootings, the nation marked a milestone of 1 million deaths from COVID-19
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In Buffalo, the suspected shooter is a racist bent on killing Black people, according to authorities. The family of 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield, one of the 10 people killed, channeled the grief and frustration of millions as they demanded action. “I don’t think that most Americans feel good about it. I think most Americans would like to see real action from their leaders in the culture about these pervasive issues,” says Lincoln, who sees a similar “political vacuum” around COVID-19.
Gun violence is such a part of life in America now that we organize our lives around its inevitability, says Sonali Rajan, a Columbia University professor who researches school violence. Children do lockdown drills at school. And in about half the states, Rajan says, teachers can carry firearms. She notes that an estimated 100,000 people are shot annually and 40,000 die.
“It’s remarkable how that responsibility has been sort of abdicated, is how I would describe it,” Rajan says. “It divides us when people think that there’s nothing they can do,” says Dr. Megan Ranney of Brown University’s School of Public Health.
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