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COVID-19 is a leading cause of death in children and young people in the US | University of Oxford (www.ox.ac.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe not. Data wasn't broken down by choice of weapon.

Among children and young people aged 0 – 19 years in the US, COVID-19 ranked eighth among all causes of death; fifth among all disease-related causes of death; and first in deaths caused by infectious or respiratory diseases.

[–] olafurp 4 points 1 hour ago

Getting murdered 4th place feels preventable 🤔 more guns and less regulations should fix it