Trigger Warning: Increases in Violent Shootings Linked to the Pandemic

Trigger Warning: Increases in Violent Shootings Linked to the Pandemic

Over the years, mass shootings in the U.S.

have increased. Researchers and

psychologists continue to try to understand the triggers that flip the switch inside a person,whether it be social, psychological or economic circumstances, and makes them want totake lives.

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In a recent research letter from JAMA Network Open, they have found that the “COVID-19pandemic imposed sudden and additional psychological and financial strains acrosssociety through fear of death, social isolation, economic hardship, and generaluncertainty.”

As more facilities begin to reopen and operate at full capacity, facility managers (FMs)should initiate processes and safety measures to help keep their occupants safe.