social disease

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William Osler, often described as the father of modern medicine, put it like this: “Tuberculosis is a social disease with a medical aspect.”

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2025

Antisemitism, like Anti-Arabism and racism, is a social disease that can be confronted only by us standing together, Syrian- and Israeli-sympathizing Americans alike.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022

PC, though, is just the symptom of a more virulent social disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2016

"A kid is not going to get head lice unless he or she has friends. This is a social disease."

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2015

So fearful is its portrayal of social disease, so ruthless its stripping of the painted charms from vice, that its tendency cannot but be strongly for good. 

From Revolution, and Other Essays by London, Jack