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西雅图 枪击患者 由300增到528
1... Seattle's Harborview Medical Center sees 'dramatic increase' in gunshot patients
https://komonews.com/news/local/harborview-medical-center-recorded-a-dramatic-increase-in-gunshot-patients-in-seattle-university-of-washington-king-county-violence-public-health
2... I'm a Seattle native and 'equity' is destroying my once beautiful, thriving city
枪击患者“急剧增加”，西雅图港景医疗中心发提醒
chaya ｜ komonews ｜2023-02-03
西雅图港景医疗中心（Harborview Medical Center）的新数据显示，2022年该一级创伤中心的工作人员共治疗了526名枪伤患者。港景医疗中心外科主任艾琳·布格尔（Eileen Bulger）博士说，2018年该医院共治疗了308名枪伤患者，自那以来，这个数字一直在增加。2020年，该医院记录的枪伤患者“急剧增加”，达401名。
布格尔说：“平均而言，过去我们每年会看到大约300个枪伤病例。但就在最近两年，该数据增加到了每年500多例。家属难，医生也难。我们是处理伤害的专家，但我认为我们应该在如何为患者及家人提供支持等方面做出改变，并提前防止伤害发生。” 布尔格指出，她的工作人员正在通过华盛顿大学 (UW) 的枪支暴力研究项目来防止枪支伤害。布尔格说：“它需要被视为一个公共卫生问题，而不是一个政治问题。而且这不仅仅是一个城市问题，农村地区（的枪伤患者）也在增加。我不知道这是什么原因引起的，但我们专注于寻找解决方案。”
该医院还在治疗期间为枪击受害者提供同伴支持。
2015年，保罗·卡特三世（Paul Carter III）脸部中弹，并在港景医疗中心接受治疗。他现在在这家医院担任暴力预防和干预专家。卡特说：“我不是来评判的，我是来帮助你解决你所经历的事情的。” 卡特会坐在患者床边，帮助他们了解他们正在经历的事情，并帮助他们度过康复过程。他说，他赞同布尔格博士的观点，应加强对预防枪支伤害的关注，并在这些事件发生之前加以阻止。
卡特说：“你可以做各种各样的事情来提供帮助，比如买一个带锁的箱子，一个触发机构保险器。”根据华盛顿大学（UW）的研究，华盛顿州63%的枪支所有者不会存放、上锁和拆卸枪支。
Seattle's Harborview Medical Center sees 'dramatic increase' in gunshot patients
https://komonews.com/news/local/harborview-medical-center-recorded-a-dramatic-increase-in-gunshot-patients-in-seattle-university-of-washington-king-county-violence-public-health
by Jeremy Harris, KOMO News Reporter
Dr. Eileen Bulger, the chief of surgery at Harborview, said the hospital has recorded a "dramatic increase" in firearm injury cases since 2020. That year the hospital treated 401 gunshot wound victims. That number has been increasing since 2018 when the hospital treated 308 gunshot victims.
“On average we used to see about 300 cases a year. Just in the last two years, it’s increased to over 500 a year. It’s hard for the families and it’s hard for the physicians. We’re experts in dealing with the injuries, but I think where we’ve tried to make changes is in how we provide support for the patients and their families and trying to prevent the injuries in the first place," Bulger told KOMO News.
Bulger noted her staff is working to prevent firearm injuries with the University of Washington's (UW) gun violence research program.
“It needs to be seen as a public health problem, not a political problem. And It’s not just an urban problem, rural areas are also seeing an increase. I don’t know the cause of that, but we’re focused on solutions," Bulger said.
Paul Carter III was shot in the face in 2015 and treated at Harborview, the same hospital where he now works as a violence prevention and intervention specialist.
"I’m not here to judge, I’m here to help you with what you’re going through," Carter told KOMO.
Carter sits bedside with patients and helps them navigate the recovery process as someone who knows what they're going through. He said echoed Dr. Bulger's focus on preventing firearm injuries before they happen.
"There are all kinds of things you can do to help - get a lockbox, get a trigger lock," Carter said.
According to UW research, 63% of firearm owners in Washington state do not keep their guns stored, locked, and unloaded.
Whyman 14 hours ago
When politicians defund the police and prosecutors and judges release criminals through revolving doors. What could possibly go wrong.
Whyman13 hours ago
Just curious ????. Is anyone else having difficulty posting on this site?
Whyman13 hours ago
I’m not quite sure how to interpret the thumb down. Does it mean “no” or doesn’t like the question
Hughjanus5 hours ago
Whenever they ban your account your comments stop showing up. You don’t get an alert or a visual saying you’re banned. But if you stop getting likes/dislikes or comments on your posts, probably safe to assume they banned you. Just create a new account if that happens.
Dorimonsonfan 13 hours ago
Imagine that. You defund SPD, reduce the number of police officers and crime goes up? Amazing!
Bobby10 13 hours ago
"It needs to be seen as a public health problem, not a political problem" [applause] The root of the problem isn't the guns, what causes someone to inflict harm is the root.
Gadsden 13 hours ago
The poll forgot to include holding criminals responsible, weird.
Leviathan12 hours ago
Well, KOMO IS left leaning and wouldnt ask the real questions.
Montark9 hours ago
Holding criminals responsible in Seattle ????????????????????????????????????
Leviathan13 hours ago
Defund the police... Dont prosecute the criminals... DEMOCRATES/LIBERALS ARE STUPID AND ADVOCATE FOR THIS.
DainBramage n12 hours ago
Gotta break some eggs to get to socialist laa-laa land. Sadly, the true believers rarely realize they are eggs too.
ConservativeOne 12 hours ago
Seattle = The socialism experiment gone bad.
Seattlesucks 12 hours ago
It is most definitely a political problem woman. When politicians relax laws intended to protect tax paying citizens it is always political.
SeattleSlim 10 hours ago
Seattle, King County and WA are all uniparty Dem controlled they own thos uptick with depolicing, electing soft judges, lax prosecutors, tolerance of illegal drugs and mass prison releases. They want to blame guns like California, New York and many other Dem run localities have. It is an easy tactic that panders to the many gullible Washington voters who elected these politicos.
Commonsenseislost 10 hours ago
Come to think of it... Every time we get comments from Harborview or the UW. They never talk about the lack of mental health facilities or why they don't pump out mental health professionals.
Since the issue with mental health has been going on for well over 60 years. Why hasn't the great research fellows and others not piped up during that time. Remember it has been at least 60 years of poor mental health services. And keep in mind they are the professionals, subject matter experts and any other new speak verbiage.
In a nutshell why hasn't the UW pushed for more mental health students. Maybe they can also explain why so many mental health patients end up on I5 after going through their hospital.
Hughjanus5 hours ago
It’s the whole mental health system that is causing the “rise in mental Illness” The only reason depression and mental illnesses are such a big issue now compared to 50 or 100 years ago is because of the mental health system.
Into it the second they start prescribing kids adderal and start giving people who are going through a rough patch Zoloft or Xanax. The doctors that write these prescriptions should be held just as accountable as the ones writing them for opioids when people don’t need them.
JDutton 10 hours ago
This year I say we shoot for 600. See what I did there?
Hughjanus 4 hours ago
In 2020, 54% of gun deaths in the US were suicides according to the CDC; But you’ll see pigs fly before you see a left leaning site like komo add that to any story about big mean scary guns.
美国华盛顿州西雅图人的哀叹："公平"让这座城市衰落
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伊丽莎白·伊科诺姆（Elizabeth Economou）是一位出生于西雅图的自由撰稿人。她曾为福克斯新闻、美国思想家、新闻周刊，西雅图时报和CNBC商业等媒体撰稿。她在福克斯新闻上感叹，自从坚持“公平”原则之后，西雅图就不断衰落。
西雅图，一个正在衰落的城市，现在痴迷于“公平”。翡翠城曾经是可爱和宜居的，现在已经失去了它的光芒。
即使在十多年前我作为自由撰稿人工作的《西雅图》杂志上，“公平”这个词也很突出。一位社会正义活动家因其在“取消警察经费”运动中的作用而被誉为西雅图最具影响力的人物之一，但是根据西雅图警察局（SPD）的数据，2022年的杀人案增加了23%。
在公平的旗帜下，西雅图市议会在2021年削减了近3560万美元的警察预算。今天，SPD的人员配置水平处于30年来的最低水平，在过去的三年里有400名警察离开。
我作为一个西雅图人和勤劳的希腊移民的女儿，我的父母为孩子们牺牲了一切，但是西雅图已经不再是我年轻时的样子。
据西雅图高层卫生官员透露，西雅图地区的法医办公室已经没有空间存放尸体了。打砸抢事件更频繁地发生，一些罪犯屡次犯罪却不受惩罚，对犯罪软弱的法官危及公共安全。即使是像乘坐公交车这样的日常活动，现在也很不安全。
自从2007年从纽约市回来后，我目睹了西雅图的持续衰退。
我20多岁时工作的地方，曾经是充满活力的市中心，现在已经变成了乌烟瘴气。板上钉钉的店面、私人保安和无家可归者占据了城市景观。人们可以聚会的地方越来越少。
就在上周，耐克商店宣布在经营27年后关闭，理由是犯罪率激增。下个月，街对面的剧院也将遭遇类似的命运。在整个西雅图，蔓延的无家可归者营地已经蹂躏了社区、十字路口和公共公园。
出现这种现象被归结为生活成本高的缘故，而没有人去责备过于宽松的毒品政策和不断上升的精神疾病，这些才是真正的罪魁祸首。
我想知道，情况还能糟到什么程度？
什么是公平？公平应该是机会平等或法律下的平等，而现在的政府和议会却认为“公平”意味着结果平等。这是错误的，这导致了资源从一个群体中被夺走，去分给那些边缘化或优先群体。
他们坚持的“治安公平”就是西雅图的盗窃行为如此猖獗，却基本没人被起诉。在超市里，我看到连洗衣液、牙膏和其他必需品都被锁起来了。
他们坚持的“健康公平”就是让吸毒被正常化，减少伤害的策略，如政府提供免费针头和免费纳洛酮（逆转阿片类药物过量影响的药物）。与其说是免费，不如说政府可以强制进行拯救生命的治疗。
西雅图已经乱到何种程度了。夏天，我在我丈夫做药剂师的药店里目睹了一个年轻人因明显的毒品过量而痛苦地扭动着身体。在邮局的停车场，当我从车里出来时，一个瘾君子正在嗑药，毒品用具散落一地。
如果强行要求结果公平，这就会孕育着苦难，而不是希望。
最近，根据西雅图和金县公共卫生局的2022年过量报告，70%的吸毒过量死亡是由于服用过多的芬太尼。金县卫生局局长费萨尔·汗博士最近说，情况已经变得如此糟糕，尸体太多了，法医办公室宣称无法储存更多的尸体。
尽管如此，政府还是没有意识到他们激进的健康公平政策导致了这一切，还是坚持认为“差异和系统性种族主义”是金县有色人种过量死亡的主要原因。由西雅图和金县公共卫生专家出版的《公共卫生内幕》 说：“这些差异反映了系统性种族主义对毒品相关伤害的风险因素的影响，包括代际创伤、不公平的资源获取和监禁。”
奇怪的是，即使是医疗服务设施，似乎也加入了公平信息的传播。在西雅图一个高档社区的初级保健诊所的橱窗里，醒目地贴着一张充满综合象征意义的彩虹贴纸，其中包括一个黑色皮肤的紧握拳头，表示反抗。令人不安的是，华盛顿州西部最大的医疗保健服务系统普罗维登斯瑞典公司正在参与分裂性的身份政治，而这样做似乎与《希波克拉底誓言》的要求相矛盾。
除了健康公平和治安公平，西雅图市的政府网站Seattle.gov还列举了劳动力公平、数字公平、交通公平、性别公平、环境公平、艺术公平，甚至大麻公平。公平一直在继续。《公平，左派走得太远》一书是由临床心理学家和作家乔丹·彼得森所写，他说：“公平是不可原谅的，无论是在道德上还是在实践上，因为它让肇事者不受到惩罚，受害者得不到保护。”
同样，西雅图的公平已经走得太远了；由芬太尼驱动的过量死亡是一个迹象。不断上升的凶杀率是另一个迹象。城市的衰落和人类的痛苦既猖獗又令人心碎。
我不想离开西雅图。它是我的家。但是，这个城市对公平的痴迷正在使每个人在平等结果的错误前提下生活得更不安全。
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Seattle, a city in decline, is obsessed with "equity," the centerpiece of diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI. Once lovely and livable, the Emerald City has lost its shine.
The word "equity" looms large even in Seattle magazine, where I worked as a freelance writer more than a decade ago. In the current issue, a social justice activist is being celebrated as one of Seattle’s most influential people for her role in the "Defund the Police" movement – even as homicides increased by 23% in 2022, according to data from the Seattle Police Department (SPD).
Under the banner of equity, the Seattle City Council in 2021 cut the police budget by nearly $35.6 million. Today, SPD staffing levels are at an alarming 30-year low with 400 officers having left in the past three years.
Boarded up storefronts, private security and homelessness dominate the urban landscape. (Elizabeth Economou)
As a Seattle native and daughter of hardworking Greek immigrants, who sacrificed everything for their children, I no longer recognize the pristine home of my youth.
Things I took for granted, like safety and protection, are no longer guaranteed with police emergency response times reaching new highs.
Smash and grabs occur more frequently, re-offenders commit crimes with impunity, and soft-on-crime judges endanger public safety. Even something as routine as riding the bus is now sketchy.
Since returning from New York City in 2007, I have witnessed Seattle’s steady decline.
Once vibrant, downtown, where I worked in my 20s, has turned dystopian. Boarded up storefronts, private security, and homelessness dominate the urban landscape.
There are fewer and fewer places to gather.
VideoJust last week, the Nike store announced it was closing after 27 years in business, citing a spike in crime. Next month, the theater across the street will meet a similar fate.
Across Seattle, sprawling homeless encampments, blamed on the high cost of living instead of lenient drug policies and rising mental illness – the true culprits – have ravaged neighborhoods, intersections and public parks.
I wonder: How much worse can it get?
Equity is based on the false premise of equal outcomes – not equality of opportunity or equality under the law – whereby resources are seized from one group and given to marginalized or preferred groups.
Equity is why theft in Seattle is now rampant and goes largely unprosecuted.
At the grocery store recently, I saw laundry detergent, toothpaste and other necessities behind lock and key. (Elizabeth Economou)
At the grocery store recently, I saw laundry detergent, toothpaste and other necessities behind lock and key.
Health equity is why drug addiction is being normalized with harm reduction strategies, like free needles and free naloxone – medication that reverses the effects of opioid overdose. Instead of freebies, the government could compel life-saving treatment.
In the summer, I witnessed a young man writhing in agony from an apparent drug overdose at the drugstore, where my husband works as a pharmacist. I could not believe my eyes.
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A homeless man, 24, smokes fentanyl on March 12, 2022, in Seattle. (John Moore/Getty Images)
The other day at the post office parking lot, an addict was getting high, as I emerged from my car. Drug paraphernalia strewn about.
Inherently Marxist, equity breeds misery, not hope.
Today, 70% of all overdose deaths are "driven by fentanyl," according to Public Health Seattle & King County’s 2022 Overdose Report.
Things have gotten so dire the medical examiner’s office is struggling with how to store dead bodies, said Seattle-King County Health Director Dr. Faisal Khan, recently.
Still, "disparities and "systemic racism," are being cited for the disproportionate number of overdose deaths among people of color in King County notradical health equity policies.
Video"These disparities reflect the influence of systemic racism on risk factors for drug-related harms, including intergenerational trauma, inequitable access to resources, and incarceration," according to Public Health Insider, a publication by health experts at Public Health Seattle & King County.
Curiously, even health care delivery facilities, it seems, are on board with equity messaging.
A rainbow sticker packed with combined symbolism, including a clenched fist signaling resistance, is prominently displayed in the window of a primary care clinic in an upscale Seattle neighborhood.
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It is unsettling that Providence Swedish, Western Washington’s largest health care delivery system, is engaging in divisive identity politics, when doing so appears to contradict the Hippocratic Oath’s imperative: "Do No Harm?" Media@swedish.org declined to comment.
A rainbow sticker packed with combined symbolism is prominently displayed in the window of a primary care clinic in an upscale Seattle neighborhood. (Elizabeth Economou)
Beyond health equity and equity in policing, Seattle.gov, the official website for the city, also cites workforce equity and digital equity. Transportation equity and gender equity. Environmental equity and arts equity. Even cannabis equity. It goes on and on.
In "Equity: When the Left Goes Too Far," clinical psychologist and author Jordan Peterson claims that equity is "inexcusable, both morally and practically," as "it identifies perpetrators who must be punished, and victims who must be coddled and protected."
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Similarly, equity in Seattle has gone too far; overdose deaths driven by fentanyl is one indication. The rising homicide rate is another. Urban decline and human suffering are at once rampant and heartbreaking.
I do not want to leave Seattle. It is my home. But the city’s obsession with equity is making life less safe for everyone under the false premise of equal outcomes.
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Elizabeth Economou writes from Seattle.
