Author, "The End of Violence" Physician, Epidemiologist Formerly, World Health Organization, Director, Epidemic Interventions Violence is a disease. It can't be seen any other way. It can be eliminated by epidemic methods. Founder, Cure Violence Globalhttps://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.social/post/3murw6fdzyc2rSays it all. About us all. Until we stop it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/09/05/shame-photo-an-asylum-seeker-before-his-death-belongs-us-all/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=&utm_term=05 Sep 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:kew75geecsmlobwca2njdket/app.bsky.feed.post/3murw6fdzyc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.social/post/3murrtup2wc2rThe U.S. today. https://thehill.com/policy/international/6072979-us-opposes-un-map-resolution-africa/05 Sep 2026 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:kew75geecsmlobwca2njdket/app.bsky.feed.post/3murrtup2wc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.social/post/3ms6krgsofc26“In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first” - Jimi Hendrix03 Aug 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:kew75geecsmlobwca2njdket/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6krgsofc26https://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.social/post/3mpgticxyhs2aJust war makes about as much sense as just Covid or just plague. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jun 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:kew75geecsmlobwca2njdket/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgticxyhs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.social/post/3mnag6fcyns2sBoth temperature increases and climate events cause increases in violence, in particular drought. This is one of the reasons for the ongoing wars in the Sahel now. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jun 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:kew75geecsmlobwca2njdket/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnag6fcyns2shttps://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.social/post/3moip4cmiss2h"Only the hackiest screenwriter imaginable would script America’s decline this way." [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jun 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:kew75geecsmlobwca2njdket/app.bsky.feed.post/3moip4cmiss2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.social/post/3moe5xrxkdc22Today https://substack.com/@garyslutkin/note/p-202184889?r=2csqk15 Jun 2026 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:kew75geecsmlobwca2njdket/app.bsky.feed.post/3moe5xrxkdc22https://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.social/post/3mnqkh3e4ic2mUninterrupted epidemic violence between authoritarian regimes. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jun 2026 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:kew75geecsmlobwca2njdket/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnqkh3e4ic2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.social/post/3mnag6fcyns2sBoth temperature increases and climate events cause increases in violence, in particular drought. This is one of the reasons for the ongoing wars in the Sahel now. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jun 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:kew75geecsmlobwca2njdket/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnag6fcyns2shttps://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.social/post/3mkqh34hfes2bI'm speaking Monday, May 4, 5-6pm #Violence & #Authoritarianism How do these work? What to do NOW? University of Chicago Political Science and UChicago Medicine. Harris School 1307 E 60th St, Chicago, #PoliticalScience and #Epidemiology #publichealth #epidemiccontrol #worldwar3 #CVI30 Apr 2026 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:kew75geecsmlobwca2njdket/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqh34hfes2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.social/post/3mjvfeimsyk25How to stop violence? What is authritarian violence? My new book. See what is about here: www.endofviolencebook.com20 Apr 2026 02:12 +0000at://did:plc:kew75geecsmlobwca2njdket/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvfeimsyk25https://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.social/post/3mjffgadzf22qThe disease of violence in the malignant authoritarian form includes insatiable cruelty and destruction. www.endofviolencebook.com [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:kew75geecsmlobwca2njdket/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjffgadzf22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.social/post/3mhf6l4qeek2uViolence doesn't think ahead. Any more than Covid does. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/17/world/iran-war-trump-oil-lebanon?unlocked_article_code=1.UVA.YZf9.0QqQXj9i4O7P19 Mar 2026 04:38 +0000at://did:plc:kew75geecsmlobwca2njdket/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhf6l4qeek2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.social/post/3mgvnkfvry22bIt is critical to isolate and contain sources of epidemic spread of any disease. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Mar 2026 00:23 +0000at://did:plc:kew75geecsmlobwca2njdket/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgvnkfvry22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.social/post/3mf745i32bs2uViolence is not popular. Any more than cholera or plague. The people don't want it. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/us/politics/ice-warehouses-trump-voters.html19 Feb 2026 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:kew75geecsmlobwca2njdket/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf745i32bs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.social/post/3mf7422oshs2uNot a solution https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/us/politics/us-military-iran.html19 Feb 2026 07:46 +0000at://did:plc:kew75geecsmlobwca2njdket/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7422oshs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.social/post/3melweqebis2fHow violence can go to ZERO with the public health community based epidemic control approach. https://cvg.org/2025-declines-3cities/11 Feb 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:kew75geecsmlobwca2njdket/app.bsky.feed.post/3melweqebis2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.social/post/3mdlaxchuis2oThe Doomsday Clock, the symbol that represents estimated likelihood of a human-made global catastrophe, by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, reports now in seconds. It has now been moved closer by another second, considered closer than ever. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jan 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:kew75geecsmlobwca2njdket/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlaxchuis2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/garyslutkin.bsky.social/post/3mdenhk4v422hThe violence is starting to be not ok. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jan 2026 01:51 +0000at://did:plc:kew75geecsmlobwca2njdket/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdenhk4v422h