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Guns, Social Media & Loneliness with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy

Guns, Social Media & Loneliness with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy

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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. Questions? Comments? Email us at
on@voxmedia.com or find Kara on Instagram/Threads as
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