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西雅圖 槍擊患者 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
槍擊患者“急劇增加”，西雅圖港景醫療中心發提醒
chaya ｜ komonews ｜2023-02-03
西雅圖港景醫療中心（Harborview Medical Center）的新數據顯示，2022年該一級創傷中心的工作人員共治療了526名槍傷患者。港景醫療中心外科主任艾琳·布格爾（Eileen Bulger）博士說，2018年該醫院共治療了308名槍傷患者，自那以來，這個數字一直在增加。2020年，該醫院記錄的槍傷患者“急劇增加”，達401名。
布格爾說：“平均而言，過去我們每年會看到大約300個槍傷病例。但就在最近兩年，該數據增加到了每年500多例。家屬難，醫生也難。我們是處理傷害的專家，但我認為我們應該在如何為患者及家人提供支持等方麵做出改變，並提前防止傷害發生。” 布爾格指出，她的工作人員正在通過華盛頓大學 (UW) 的槍支暴力研究項目來防止槍支傷害。布爾格說：“它需要被視為一個公共衛生問題，而不是一個政治問題。而且這不僅僅是一個城市問題，農村地區（的槍傷患者）也在增加。我不知道這是什麽原因引起的，但我們專注於尋找解決方案。”
該醫院還在治療期間為槍擊受害者提供同伴支持。
2015年，保羅·卡特三世（Paul Carter III）臉部中彈，並在港景醫療中心接受治療。他現在在這家醫院擔任暴力預防和幹預專家。卡特說：“我不是來評判的，我是來幫助你解決你所經曆的事情的。” 卡特會坐在患者床邊，幫助他們了解他們正在經曆的事情，並幫助他們度過康複過程。他說，他讚同布爾格博士的觀點，應加強對預防槍支傷害的關注，並在這些事件發生之前加以阻止。
卡特說：“你可以做各種各樣的事情來提供幫助，比如買一個帶鎖的箱子，一個觸發機構保險器。”根據華盛頓大學（UW）的研究，華盛頓州63%的槍支所有者不會存放、上鎖和拆卸槍支。
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.
美國華盛頓州西雅圖人的哀歎："公平"讓這座城市衰落
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伊麗莎白·伊科諾姆（Elizabeth Economou）是一位出生於西雅圖的自由撰稿人。她曾為福克斯新聞、美國思想家、新聞周刊，西雅圖時報和CNBC商業等媒體撰稿。她在福克斯新聞上感歎，自從堅持“公平”原則之後，西雅圖就不斷衰落。
西雅圖，一個正在衰落的城市，現在癡迷於“公平”。翡翠城曾經是可愛和宜居的，現在已經失去了它的光芒。
即使在十多年前我作為自由撰稿人工作的《西雅圖》雜誌上，“公平”這個詞也很突出。一位社會正義活動家因其在“取消警察經費”運動中的作用而被譽為西雅圖最具影響力的人物之一，但是根據西雅圖警察局（SPD）的數據，2022年的殺人案增加了23%。
在公平的旗幟下，西雅圖市議會在2021年削減了近3560萬美元的警察預算。今天，SPD的人員配置水平處於30年來的最低水平，在過去的三年裏有400名警察離開。
我作為一個西雅圖人和勤勞的希臘移民的女兒，我的父母為孩子們犧牲了一切，但是西雅圖已經不再是我年輕時的樣子。
據西雅圖高層衛生官員透露，西雅圖地區的法醫辦公室已經沒有空間存放屍體了。打砸搶事件更頻繁地發生，一些罪犯屢次犯罪卻不受懲罰，對犯罪軟弱的法官危及公共安全。即使是像乘坐公交車這樣的日常活動，現在也很不安全。
自從2007年從紐約市回來後，我目睹了西雅圖的持續衰退。
我20多歲時工作的地方，曾經是充滿活力的市中心，現在已經變成了烏煙瘴氣。板上釘釘的店麵、私人保安和無家可歸者占據了城市景觀。人們可以聚會的地方越來越少。
就在上周，耐克商店宣布在經營27年後關閉，理由是犯罪率激增。下個月，街對麵的劇院也將遭遇類似的命運。在整個西雅圖，蔓延的無家可歸者營地已經蹂躪了社區、十字路口和公共公園。
出現這種現象被歸結為生活成本高的緣故，而沒有人去責備過於寬鬆的毒品政策和不斷上升的精神疾病，這些才是真正的罪魁禍首。
我想知道，情況還能糟到什麽程度？
什麽是公平？公平應該是機會平等或法律下的平等，而現在的政府和議會卻認為“公平”意味著結果平等。這是錯誤的，這導致了資源從一個群體中被奪走，去分給那些邊緣化或優先群體。
他們堅持的“治安公平”就是西雅圖的盜竊行為如此猖獗，卻基本沒人被起訴。在超市裏，我看到連洗衣液、牙膏和其他必需品都被鎖起來了。
他們堅持的“健康公平”就是讓吸毒被正常化，減少傷害的策略，如政府提供免費針頭和免費納洛酮（逆轉阿片類藥物過量影響的藥物）。與其說是免費，不如說政府可以強製進行拯救生命的治療。
西雅圖已經亂到何種程度了。夏天，我在我丈夫做藥劑師的藥店裏目睹了一個年輕人因明顯的毒品過量而痛苦地扭動著身體。在郵局的停車場，當我從車裏出來時，一個癮君子正在嗑藥，毒品用具散落一地。
如果強行要求結果公平，這就會孕育著苦難，而不是希望。
最近，根據西雅圖和金縣公共衛生局的2022年過量報告，70%的吸毒過量死亡是由於服用過多的芬太尼。金縣衛生局局長費薩爾·汗博士最近說，情況已經變得如此糟糕，屍體太多了，法醫辦公室宣稱無法儲存更多的屍體。
盡管如此，政府還是沒有意識到他們激進的健康公平政策導致了這一切，還是堅持認為“差異和係統性種族主義”是金縣有色人種過量死亡的主要原因。由西雅圖和金縣公共衛生專家出版的《公共衛生內幕》 說：“這些差異反映了係統性種族主義對毒品相關傷害的風險因素的影響，包括代際創傷、不公平的資源獲取和監禁。”
奇怪的是，即使是醫療服務設施，似乎也加入了公平信息的傳播。在西雅圖一個高檔社區的初級保健診所的櫥窗裏，醒目地貼著一張充滿綜合象征意義的彩虹貼紙，其中包括一個黑色皮膚的緊握拳頭，表示反抗。令人不安的是，華盛頓州西部最大的醫療保健服務係統普羅維登斯瑞典公司正在參與分裂性的身份政治，而這樣做似乎與《希波克拉底誓言》的要求相矛盾。
除了健康公平和治安公平，西雅圖市的政府網站Seattle.gov還列舉了勞動力公平、數字公平、交通公平、性別公平、環境公平、藝術公平，甚至大麻公平。公平一直在繼續。《公平，左派走得太遠》一書是由臨床心理學家和作家喬丹·彼得森所寫，他說：“公平是不可原諒的，無論是在道德上還是在實踐上，因為它讓肇事者不受到懲罰，受害者得不到保護。”
同樣，西雅圖的公平已經走得太遠了；由芬太尼驅動的過量死亡是一個跡象。不斷上升的凶殺率是另一個跡象。城市的衰落和人類的痛苦既猖獗又令人心碎。
我不想離開西雅圖。它是我的家。但是，這個城市對公平的癡迷正在使每個人在平等結果的錯誤前提下生活得更不安全。
Former Seattle City Council candidate Ari Hoffman on why Seattle’s relaxed drug use laws are contributing to a rise in overdoses
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.
