Today, we are beginning to understand how to interrupt the progression from early adversity to disease and early death, and 30 years from now, the child who has a high ACE score and whose behavioral symptoms go unrecognized, whose asthma management is not connected, and who goes on to develop high blood pressure and early heart disease or cancer will be just as anomalous as a six-month mortality from HIV/AIDS.
Tek sad počinjemo shvaćati kako omesti napredak od rane nedaće do bolesti i preuranjene smrti, a za trideset godina, to dijete s visokim ACE-rezultatom, čiji se bihevioralni simptomi ne primijete, čije se liječenje astme ne povezuje i koji oboli od visokog tlaka, preuranjene bolesti srca ili raka bit će jednako anomalan kao i šestomjesečna smrtnost od HIV-a/AIDS-a.