The Daily Mail reports that "[f]igures released Tuesday by the CDC found that rates of accidental drowning increased by nearly 30 percent from 2020 to 2022, the latest data available."
American Indian and Alaska natives had the highest rates of drowning, though Dr Houry said there was no significant increase during the study period.
However, drowning deaths for black Americans, the second-highest group, increased by 28 percent.
In 2022, there were 4,509 drowning deaths total, and 780 of those were in black people.
Additionally, one third of black Americans reported not knowing how to swim, and two-thirds said they never had a formal swim lesson.
Three out of four Hispanic adults also said they never had swim lessons.
And, contra to the anti-gun propaganda normally shovelled out by the CDC and other groups, "accidental drowning is most common in children ages one to four, and this is the number one cause of death among this age group."
The increase is being blamed on the Covid lockdowns which reduced access to public swimming pools and swimming lessons.
Here's what a drowning person looks like: lol
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