Dr. Vivek Murthy: Coronavirus Could Cure the Loneliness Epidemic

Obama’s Surgeon General Says Coronavirus Could Cure the Loneliness Epidemic
Healthy relationships are as essential as vaccines and ventilators for our global recovery
Dr. Vivek Murthy
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May 26, 2020
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Photo: Santiago Mejia/The San Francisco Chronicle/Getty ImagesYou may have heard of America’s “loneliness epidemic.” I’m the doctor responsible for coining that phrase.
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Written by Dr. Vivek Murthy
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19th Surgeon General of the United States. Dad, Husband, Author of TOGETHER: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World
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