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Walking clubs are taking off, and it's not just the exercise. - You're connecting with someone which is something that I was kind of missing.
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More and more people are missing that connection, and are feeling lonely. - The pandemic poured fuel on a fire that was already burning.
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Dr Vivek Murthy, the U.S Surgeon General says loneliness is an epidemic. The focus of an 80-page advisory he is releasing today.
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So you're saying loneliness is comparable to smoking in terms of the detriment to your health. - Yeah in terms of the risk that it poses for premature death, yes.
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When you struggle with loneliness, when you're socially disconnected, it increases your risk of depression and anxiety and suicide, but it also increases your risk of physical illness as well.
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What we need to do is actually rebuild social infrastructure in our country? - You're talking about changing this social fabric, that's been decades in the making.
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It's been decades in the making? but it's also something that I've confirmed that we can address, when if we put our mind to it, and if we act together?
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Among his recommendations a focus on community organizations, mobilizing the health sector to raise awareness, and reconsidering how we use technology.
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In-person matters, connecting online has its place has its value, but it's not a substitute for in-person connection we really do need both.
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Cultivating and supporting time together, face to face, because our health depends on it, Stephanie Gosk, NBC News.