1/ CW: abuse (please read only if you feel in a good space to, this stuff is tough, but it's important data). Statistics from #TX don't show the predicted "major spike" in child abuse fatalities during the pandemic.
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2/ Every child death by abuse, neglect, and wrongful supervision is a tragedy. In no way am I underplaying the importance of these deaths. I'm simply pointing out that the increase is not some kind of previously-unseen thing. It's definitely no tsunami.
3/ evidence:
a) as evidenced, the number is quite "noisy" (standard deviation is 35), and the # of deaths falls between the min (151, 2014) and the max (280, 2009)
b) the rate change is lower than most recent years (its lower than 6 and higher than 8 of the past 14 years)
a) as evidenced, the number is quite "noisy" (standard deviation is 35), and the # of deaths falls between the min (151, 2014) and the max (280, 2009)
b) the rate change is lower than most recent years (its lower than 6 and higher than 8 of the past 14 years)
4/ c) the major cause of the increase was NOT physical/neglect/intentional abuse, it was vehicular, water, and sleep practices.
5/ One of the data-less "moral panics" that spread during the times of lockdown and childhood (Texas shut schools March 19 2020 and did not re-open them for that school year) was that deaths due to child abuse would sky rocket.
6/ Like most moral panics, the data will likely be downplayed/twisted/ignored because it doesn't support it.
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