Bonus - The Massacre in Uvalde, Texas
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Cass Crifasi, director of research and policy at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the deadly misperception that there's nothing to be done about gun violence. They discuss what could have prevented this senseless tragedy—and what must be done to prevent further loss of life.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Season 5 of Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Joshua Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, and a former health commissioner here in Baltimore, Maryland. |
| 0:21.7 | Our goal with this podcast is to bring scientific evidence and experience to shed light on critical |
| 0:27.5 | health issues. If you have questions or ideas for us, please send an email to public health |
| 0:33.0 | question at jhhhu.edu. That's public health question at jh.u.edu for future podcast episodes. |
| 0:41.7 | Hi, I'm Lindsay Smith Rogers, producer of public health on call. We'll be off for Memorial Day and return on June 1st with season 6. This summer, we'll continue to talk about living with COVID and the shift from pandemic crisis to endemic virus. |
| 0:57.0 | We'll also continue to follow breaking news around new variants, the future of reproductive health and the Supreme Court, and humanitarian crises in Ukraine and around the world. |
| 1:07.1 | We'll look at other urgent public health issues, including racism, gun violence, mental health, |
| 1:12.2 | climate change, and overdose. And of course, we'll continue to cover the need for investments |
| 1:17.2 | in public health infrastructure and surveillance for future pandemic threats. As we wind down season |
| 1:23.2 | five, we have a few thank yous. First, huge thanks to our interns, Crystal Allen, Hannah Bennett, |
| 1:29.4 | Maisie Conrad, and Caroline Wang, who bring fresh ideas and much-needed support for the podcast. |
| 1:35.1 | We'd also like to thank you, our listeners, for sharing your ideas and questions, |
| 1:40.2 | and for downloading this podcast more than seven million times. |
| 1:44.4 | We appreciate all the great ideas and questions that come from our listeners. |
| 1:48.0 | So keep writing to us at public health question at jhh.edu. |
| 1:53.3 | That's public health question at jhu.edu. |
| 1:57.0 | And thank you for being part of this podcast. |
| 2:00.3 | Today, in the wake of yesterday's massacre at Rob Elementary School in Uvaldi, Texas, |
| 2:05.6 | I speak to Dr. Cass Krafasi, the director of research and policy at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. |
| 2:15.2 | Let's listen. |
| 2:17.4 | Dr. Krafasi, thanks so much for joining me to talk about the events in Yuvaldi, Texas. |
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