Surgeon General: Americans Have Accepted Fear of Gun Violence as ‘Normal’

MedPage Today July 22, 2024
Jeremy Faust, Emily Hutto

— “Kids and parents should not be worrying about these things,” says Vivek Murthy, MD

In this exclusive video interview, MedPage Today’s editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, sits down with U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, to talk about his advisory on gun violence in America.

Watch the first part of this interview here, which examines social media and teen mental health, and the second part here, which discusses e-cigarettes for smoking cessation, medical misinformation, and masking.

The following is a transcript of their remarks:

Faust: I know we’re short on time, but I do want to touch on firearms because, again, very recently you did something that I think was anticipated and very much desired by the public health...

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