Why Gun Violence is a Public Health Crisis (Originally aired March 26, 2018)

Guest: Sandro Galea, MD, Dean, Boston University School of Public Health, Author, “Healthier: Fifty Thoughts on the Foundations of Population Health” Mass shootings – including those that take place in schools – capture attention and stir emotion, but the truth is they represent just a tiny fraction of what epidemiologist Sandro Galea calls a public health crisis: in the United States, you’re as likely to die by a gun as you are to die in a car crash.