Thoughts and prayers… and links

Twelve more American citizens mass-murdered, this time in Virginia. If you are sick and tired of this, try supporting one of these organizations:

https://www.bradyunited.org/

https://everytown.org/

https://momsdemandaction.org/

Just to get your blood pressure higher:

Virginia GOP blocked bill to ban sales of large-capacity magazines

Each year, Democrats propose multiple gun-control measures. Each year, Republican legislators vote them down.

Comparing hospitals

Check this website to directly compare up to three local hospitals in 28 areas, for example “MRSA Infections.” Each measurement is explained clearly; for MRSA Infections:

Leapfrog uses a standardized infection ratio (SIR) calculated by the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) to compare the number of infections that actually happened at this hospital to the number of infections expected for this hospital, given various facility factors. A number lower than one means fewer infections than expected; a number more than one means more infections than expected.

http://www.leapfroggroup.org/compare-hospitals