Categories Burlington Health Iowa Local News Political Security West Burlington Mass Shootings Tend To Be Contagious due to Media Publicity, Research Shows Post author By Falcon Post date August 7, 2019 Click here: Back-to-back shootings are no surprise, say scientists who study mass shootings. Research shows that these incidents usually occur in clusters and tend to be contagious. Intensive media coverage seems to drive the contagion, the researchers say. cliparts.co ← Perkins & Marie Callender’s files for bankruptcy → Iowa’s ‘Field of Dreams’ to host White Sox, Yankees game next year