El Paso Shooting

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Its contagious… be extra careful the next couple weeks.
I put some information and links to more info about how coverage of one shooting sparks others, how it’s the media coverage facilitating that, and what could be done to stop it over here:

Be extra careful: Mass shootings are contagious

Gilroy, El Paso, Dayton. a mathematical model found that shootings that resulted in at least four deaths launched a period of contagion, marked by a heightened likelihood of more bloodshed, lasting an average of 13 days. From here: Https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass-shootings-are-contagious/ And this study says media coverage is the cause of the contagion Our findings consistently suggest that media coverage systematically causes future mass shootings. … A range of robustness…