One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by the police. Patrick Ball, Granta …the Washington Post’s database of fatal police shootings showed 14 unarmed Black victims and 25 unarmed white victims in 2019. Heather MacDonald, USA Today Someone turning to data to try to quantify the problem of police killings (or police brutality …
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COVID-19’s effects on the heart
A study by Marc Dweck at the University of Edinburgh reporting on heart scans of COVID-19 patients has caught the attention of various outlets today. According to the BBC’s Science Focus, “more than half of heart scans among hospitalized COVID-19 patients are abnormal, suggesting the coronavirus may have a devastating impact on this vital organ”. …