Blame it on the COVID Wuhan Flu

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Couldn't be anything else now could it? From the New Orleans Times Picayunne:

A disturbing phenomenon: New Orleans' killings, shootings have risen sharply since coronavirus
A 9-year-old boy gunned down in front of his family in Treme. A 34-year-old man shot and killed in a dispute over a car title. Three men shot, one of them fatally, on a sunny afternoon in St. Roch.

The events of the past month illustrate a disturbing phenomenon: Killings and shootings have risen steeply since the coronavirus hit New Orleans, mirroring a national trend that has further rattled communities reeling from the pandemic and its economic fallout.

Non-fatal shootings and gun homicides were already up before the pandemic, but the increase accelerated since then. The rate of gun homicides since New Orleans began allowing more economic activity to resume on May 16 is up more than 50% compared to where things stood in the months before the COVID-19 outbreak, and non-fatal shootings are up 48%, according to an analysis of 911 call data.

And a bit more - looking at numbers nationally:

“It’s been such a weird year in so many ways that it’s impossible to say what’s going to happen the rest of the year and what specifically is driving the changes and what, if anything, can be done about that," said Jeff Asher, a data analyst and consultant for the New Orleans City Council who has detected similar trends nationally. "It’s such a remarkably unique year in so many respects that in a lot of ways it's not surprising to see remarkably unique changes in a host of fields, including crime trends.”

Nationally, violent crime was down 5% in 25 major cities through the end of June, but murder was up 16%, according to Asher's analysis. In New Orleans, major indicators point sharply, but in different directions.

Murder up since May/June?  Got to be COVID - can't be anything else now can it.  Hmmmm...  George Floyd? Died May 25th, 2020? Nevermind. Peaceful protests anyone?

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