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Apr 2023
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The ‘Quiet Catastrophe’ Brewing in Our S...

NEW YORK TIMES OPINION
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It’s impossible to deny that the U.S. has a serious loneliness problem. One 2018 report by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 22 percent of all adults — almost 60 million Americans — said they often or always felt lonely or socially isolated. That was a full two years before the Covid pandemic. And Americans appear to be getting lonelier over time: From ... Show More
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