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Guns, Social Media & Loneliness with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy

2024/7/18
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Vivek Murthy: 美国正面临着枪支暴力引发的公共卫生危机，其影响深远，不仅造成大量人员伤亡，更严重损害了民众的心理健康和福祉。枪支暴力并非单一原因造成，既有心理健康因素，也有武器类型的影响。突击武器等更容易造成严重伤亡。为解决这一问题，需要多方面努力，包括增加研究投入、加强社区干预、扩大心理健康投资，以及实施更严格的枪支管控措施，例如加强背景调查、实施极端风险保护令、安全储存法以及限制突击武器和高容量弹匣。 Kara Swisher: 质疑了卫生局长的观点，认为减少枪支获取途径不一定能减少自杀人数，因为处于极度绝望的人可能会采取其他方式自杀。同时，她还对卫生局长呼吁对社交媒体平台进行警告标签的举动进行了评论，认为这是一个有效的策略，可以引发公众讨论。 Evan Spiegel: 表达了对美国青少年身心健康的担忧，并认为社会联系在对抗孤独感方面至关重要。他希望进一步了解哪些技术方面有害，以及技术如何以积极的方式将人们联系在一起。

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Dr. Vivek Murthy discusses his declaration of gun violence as a public health crisis, the need for research, and the impact on communities.

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Surgeon General Vivek Murthy isn’t afraid to go after powerful interests. In mid-June, he published an op-ed in The New York Times calling for a warning label on social media platforms that says they’re associated with mental health problems for teens. The following week, he declared that gun violence is a public health crisis. However, the surgeon general's powers are limited. It'll take an act of Congress to put a warning label on social media platforms, and thanks to the Roberts court, even legislators are limited in their ability to regulate firearms.

Kara and Dr. Murthy discuss this country's seemingly intractable gun problem and the debate around the research into the harms caused by social media, along with his work on loneliness, and how Covid has eroded trust in the public health sector. 

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