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Social distancing prevents infections, but it can have unintended consequences
« on: April 01, 2020, 10:26:33 am »
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/we-are-social-species-how-will-social-distancing-affect-us

By Greg Miller
March 16, 2020

Over long periods of time, social isolation can increase the risk of a variety of health problems, including heart disease, depression, dementia, and even death. A 2015 meta-analysis of the scientific literature by Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a research psychologist at Brigham Young University, and colleagues determined that chronic social isolation increases the risk of mortality by 29%.

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Re: Social distancing prevents infections, but it can have unintended consequences
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2020, 04:34:59 pm »
Seems the title does not accurately reflect what is contained in article.

Social distancing is not the same as social isolation, which is what the article is about.
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