Kids versus guns - you decide
Much of my writing focuses on my strategic plan to substantially reduce our 600,000 annual U.S. cancer deaths. The solutions generally focus on public health, prevention and research, not politics.
In 2020, gun violence caused “only” 45,000 U.S. deaths, but these deaths are often more troubling, for Michiganders and others, because they affect our children, such as yesterday’s mass killing at Michigan State University and the November 2021 killing at Oxford High School. For these deaths, the solution is clearly political. Enough Americans have to decide that protecting our kids is more important than protecting access to guns and that we will get involved. It’s that simple.
The political analysis is also simple. The Democratic Party advocates measures to restrict easy access to guns. The Republican Party advocates making guns more readily available. If we want to reduce gun violence, we have to vote Democratic and get politically active to support the Democratic Party.
Of course, you may not support other positions of the Democratic Party. So, you have to decide what is most important to you. If you vote Republican, do not vote or are not politically active in supporting Democrats, you are deciding to allow the continuation of this gun violence.
Kids vs. guns - you decide.
It is a very good narration of incidents. However, one cannot generalise agenda of the two parties. Every party wants / rather outlines the good they would like to do for the nation. How successful they will be depends on their method of doing so. Just like in the MDT, on viewing the radiology and histopathology of malignant tumor the surgeon and oncologist plans treatment. However, how much response and cure will take place, depends on the patient’s immune status and the heterogeneity of malignant tumour.
Books and trials are outlined on the latest guidelines, however every human and the ailment is distinct.
Likewise, the political parties propagate their ideas with good intentions (promise to do good); however, it is the situation and the cooperation / response of public.
Nat dear, you have done something worthwhile in heading pathology outlines. Keep it up. Give every pathologist the ability to excel in performing optimum diagnosis.
Best wishes
Madhu Agarwal Dewan, MD