A wave of mass shootings has plagued the country in recent weeks, including in Buffalo, New York; Uvalde, Texas; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Philadelphia.
There have been more than 240 mass shootings this year, a grim statistic that follows gun violence being at its highest point in 20 years in 2020, according to CDC data.
It’s a pattern some doctors have noticed even without the numbers in front of them.
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