Violence as an Epidemic: From Community Harm to War and Authoritarianism with Dr. Gary Slutkin
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The episode discusses the concept of violence as a contagious epidemic with Dr. Gary Slutkin.
In this episode, The Burn Bag speaks with Dr. Gary Slutkin, a physician, epidemiologist, former World Health Organization official, and founder of Cure Violence Global, about a provocative idea: what if violence is not simply a problem of crime, morality, or politics, but a contagious epidemic? Drawing on his decades of work fighting tuberculosis, cholera, AIDS, and community violence, Dr. Slutkin explains how violence spreads through exposure, trauma, social networks, and norms — and how it ...
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