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Apr 2020
23m 54s

Feeling lonely?

THE WASHINGTON POST
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Older people can face serious health effects from being isolated — but it’s also what’s keeping them safe amid the pandemic. Advice on surviving isolation from a reporter who was held in isolation in Iran. And the scientifically proven power of love. 
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