Dr. Christakis
Dr. Christakis
broken die falls heart partner
We showed that you can die of a broken heart not just when your partner dies, but also when your partner falls ill.
harms health love people seeing shows
What it shows is that people are interconnected, and their health is interconnected, and seeing a person you love suffer, seeing them ill, harms you.
disease health means people spread
What it means to me is that people are interconnected, and so their health is interconnected, and in really real ways, there can be a kind of spread of disease between people.