Opinion: On gun violence, let’s ‘wear orange’ as a community
Nick Watkins, MD
Nick Watkins, MD, is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.
Bertina Loui, DO
Bertina Loui, DO, is a pediatric emergency medicine fellow at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.
“This weekend we will wear orange to honor the lives lost to gun violence and join the fight to help prevent these tragedies from occurring in the future.”
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