Trauma Surgeon: Enough America, This Should Be Everyone ’s Lane

A video tweeted by This Is Our Lane, a group that was born last year after the National Rifle Association (NRA) told doctors to stay in their lane, triggered an uproar while also reinforcing the point that trauma surgeons and first responders don't have the luxury of looking away from the horrific aftermath of gun violence. Several people begged the group to take the video down, concerned that it glorified the events and the perpetrators. Others said that the public needs to see footage like this to understand what This Is Our Lane members face all too often: "They don't have the luxury of not seeing these things, we do. We can look away, but we shouldn't. We need to understand," said a Twitter user who identified himself as Phil @FillipQuinn. But the takehome message was clear: "Enough America. This should be everyone's lane," Tweeted Robert Barraco, MD, a trauma surgeon and chief academic officer in Allentown, PA. He is affiliated with the Lehigh Valley Institute for Surgical Excellence. The Twitter handle @ThisIsOurLane was created in response to this NRA editorial accompanied by the organization's tweet in November 2018 that said, "Someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane. Half of the articles in Annals of Internal Medicine are pushing for gun control. Most upsetting, however, the medical community seems to have consulted NO ONE but themselves." In the days that follow...
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