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Opinion: Why it s impossible to predict mass shootings like San Jose
Sheldon Jacobson
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Sherrif’s deputies walk on San Pedro Street toward the First Street VTA service yard where a mass shooting took place on May 26 in San Jose, Calif.Jim Gensheimer/Special to The Chronicle
If mass shootings followed any sort of intuitive logic, one might have guessed that a year of COVID-19 induced lockdowns would have at least temporarily quelled America’s propensity toward gun violence.
It didn’t. Mass shootings jumped to record highs in 2020 when you include events with both deaths and injuries.
The recent Boulder, Colo., shooting, and now the tragedy unfolding in San Jose, shows that little appears poised to change as society reawakens from its slumber.
When a woman dies during pregnancy or within a year of childbirth in Illinois, that’s considered a maternal death. Karen Tabb Dina reviews cases like this in the state of Illinois. She’s a maternal health researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who serves on a state-level committee that’s trying to figure out what’s causing these mothers to die.
The group’s most recent analysis found that about 75 women in Illinois die from pregnancy-related causes each year. Consistent with national trends, Black women are at greater risk than white women, and the vast majority of the deaths were preventable.
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Experts hope a new insurance provision included in the recent stimulus package could help stem rising maternal mortality in the U.S. Each year, about 700 American women die due to pregnancy, childbirth or subsequent complications. Getty Images
When a woman dies during pregnancy or within a year of childbirth in Illinois, that s considered a maternal death. Karen Tabb Dina reviews cases like this in the state of Illinois. She s a maternal health researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who serves on a state-level committee that s trying to figure out what s causing these mothers to die.