11 Senators Want To Know Why The CDC’s Gun Injury Estimates Are Unreliable

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11 Senators Want To Know Why The CDC’s Gun Injury Estimates Are Unreliable. Via FiveThirtyEight.

The Trace and FiveThirtyEight firstlast year that the CDC’s 2016 gun injury estimate was so uncertain the agency classified it as “unstable and potentially unreliable.” Since then, the agency’s data, which in 2017 was derived from a sample of just 60 hospitals, has. The CDC’s gun violence estimates are widely cited in academic articles.

“We as lawmakers, as every American citizen, should be able to follow and understand the latest trends on firearms injuries without the concern of coming across ‘unstable and potentially unreliable’ data,” Menendez told The Trace in an email. Researchers interviewed by The Trace and FiveThirtyEight believe the CDC’s estimates are too flawed to use. Guohua Li, editor-in-chief of the medical journal Injury Epidemiology and director of Columbia University’s Center for Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, said the estimates could be improved by drawing upon a larger and more reliable source of data, such as another database administered by HHS.

 

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FiveThirtyEight Framers had alll time 2 include ANY restrictions on guns-bullets,swords,cannons,et cet- included None- 'Open-Ended Right'..The Right of the people to keep & bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED. 1st Part MAYBE a Reason but irrelevant/2nd part the Right..Restriction requires Amendment

FiveThirtyEight Maybe I have have my acronyms wrong, but isn’t CDC the Center for Disease Control not for gun/firearm control?

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FiveThirtyEight Millions of Americans want to know why the cdc and big pharma are hiding truths ? Hey pro vaxxers, how do you think the opioid crises started? 😷ufbctitn

FiveThirtyEight 538 is reporting on a story about unreliable numbers. This is very funny.

FiveThirtyEight The numbers have skyrocketed since 2002 after the ban was lifted in 2004. The federal assault weapons ban, which made the AR15 legal again...I can follow the dots!!

FiveThirtyEight Well. The cdc is corrupt. That’s why they were not allowed to be in control of the data the last 20 years.

FiveThirtyEight I'll save them some time: It is government agency who has no real accountably to anyone...........

FiveThirtyEight Democrats: We think that Russia is colluding with the CDC.

FiveThirtyEight How are the motor vehicle stats?

FiveThirtyEight Because the NRA doesn't want the truth out. The NRA has brainwashed the gunworshippers in this country.

FiveThirtyEight And how many illegals aliens are living in America?

FiveThirtyEight Some news you refuse to report

FiveThirtyEight How much you guys paying 538? I can make the same BS claims about data for less.

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