"Dr. Jack Homer's syndemic simulation explores how three mutually compounding afflictions can interact within a community. Medical anthropologist Merrill Singer used the term "syndemic" to describe simultaneous and mutually reinforcing epidemics of substance abuse, violence, and AIDS among America's inner city poor. In the simulation, general community conditions are only mediocre and not supportive of healthy living, so there exists a threat of a growing "syndemic". Your goal is to minimize the community’s burden of affliction over a twenty year period."