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US surgeon general on why loneliness threatens democracy

US surgeon general on why loneliness threatens democracy

Politics Weekly America vor 3 Jahren

Dr Vivek Murthy speaks to Jonathan Freedland about why some bad faith actors are choosing to manipulate the problem of lonelinesss and how political leaders on all sides can address it before it gets worse

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In a public advisory, written back in the summer, Dr Vivek Murthy
warned of a growing ‘epidemic of loneliness and isolation’, which
he believes is not just destined to affect the physical and mental
health of individuals but could end up being detrimental to
democracy itself. ‘The nation’s doctor’ speaks to Jonathan
Freedland about why some bad faith actors are choosing to
manipulate this problem and how political leaders on all sides can
address it before it gets worse