Challenge 2.0 Loneliness: Social Solitary Confinement?

05/04/2023 27 min
Challenge 2.0 Loneliness: Social Solitary Confinement?

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Episode Synopsis

The former US Surgeon General believes our country is suffering from an epidemic of loneliness. Dr. Vivek Murthy said the evidence pointed to such an epidemic long before the isolation created by the COVID pandemic, and that such loneliness not only causes emotional problems, but also physical ones. A Brigham Young University study says the health impact of chronic loneliness is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. In this episode of Challenge 2.0, we turn to the Interfaith Amigos for thoughts on what we can and should do for ourselves...and for each other.