By Phillipe Cunningham JULY 18, 2020 — 11:06AM
Public health experts agree violence is a disease. Let's start treating it like one.
Dr. Gary Slutkin, a public health epidemiologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago, noticed something unexpected while conducting research: Violence spreads between community and family members like a disease.
In addition to gun violence spreading through retaliatory violence, public health experts have found that other kinds of violence also share the devastating effects of disease.
Read the full article here: https://www.startribune.com/reimagination-of-public-safety-should-start-with-this-principle/571809282/