Polls in january for Critical Senate runoff race he says it will control not just the future of the senate which republicans currently hold but the future of america. The u. S. Has reported a Record Number of covert 1000 infections for the 3rd day in a row nearly 230000 cases where recorded over the past 24 hours according to Johns Hopkins university the u. S. Has seen a major resurgence of the virus in the last month putting even more pressure on hospitals u. K. Media is reporting that the british cabinet will support Prime Minister boys johnson over a no deal breaks it the u. K. And the e. U. s still at odds less than a month before the deadline to reach a deal talks are set to continue on sunday. A committee in the us has found that directed microwave radiation is the likely cause of a Mysterious Illness among american diplomats in cuba and china at least 2 dozen diplomats reported dizziness and cognitive problems during a period of nearly 2 years from late 2016. And venezuela voters are choosing a new congress in an election boycotted by the opposition the u. S. The u. N. Most latin american countries are calling the vote a sham that will enable president to do is Ruling Socialist Party to take over the last a body controlled by the opposition. And saudi arabias foreign minister says its our allies involved in the blockade of qatar onboard to find a solution to the gulf crisis saudi arabia bahrain the u. A. E. And egypt imposed a land sea and add blockade of qatar in june of 2017 those are the headlines nick clark will be with you for the aljazeera news hour in under 30 minutes coming up next all hail the lockdown. The World Food Program will receive the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting against hunger and the use of starvation as a weapon of war we ask executive director David Beasley how the challenge of combating Global Hunger will be met in the age of the corona virus pandemic the nobel interview on aljazeera there was a tweet i read at the start of this pandemic as coma 19 forces us to physically distance from one another societys at risk of a social recession a social recession is marked by an increase in loneliness and isolation it was posted in mid much by a former Surgeon General of the United States dr vivek murthy and already by that point entire regions and key cities of some countries had been in lockdown for nearly 2 whole months from the start it was clear that beating this pandemic was going to require sustained physical distancing and quarantine before medics and Mental Health specialists around the world another thing was clear to the lockdowns were going to reveal the extent of another hidden Public Health issue loneliness. Social distancing physical distancing quarantine lock down so fascination more than any other time in recent history e. G. Social behavior has become part of our Global Reality because to separate ourselves from one another hour to stay for prolonged periods of time at home to not meet with friends and family its not commute to work or even sit in a restaurant or a cafe all of that is quite antisocial its not how humans are why and its why even though the physical Health Benefits of the kovac 2nd lockdowns have been undeniable the psychological impact has been in a skeptical to. Italys experience with corona virus was harrowing it was one of the 1st European Countries to be affected and despite strict lock downs it has had more than 36000. 00 coronavirus related deaths as of october this year in only march after a curve in 1000 outbreak flared up near her home 74 year old psychologist roberta bravura and 4 colleagues set up a free Mental Health hotline for long body residents she began to receive calls immediately going to her about. My baby girl. Or. Oprah. Or me d. When i spoke to roberta she was coordinating a network of 200 professionals. Psychologists volunteered their time during the lockdown made calls from all over italy from sicily in the south to a all star in the far north theyve even received messages from this far broader stood by the United States and australia. Christic he says same thing goes on too. Early that then mean noise. Though when i see more. Of a desire to be fired like yeah mummy pinned a man on the m. R. I. Obvious or no there you go obviously the fabric yack game our dog the kid there you dozens of. People there with a subtle now father the place on it in question journeying on your nest. The. Man being sat up at bella economists bear to put their best to me with feeling sympathy that you know me oh do or. Dont know do not go surely we are for to look these are. The cuckoo read the hour i see that it. Can kill a closer the lizard a mental note. Before were going to that bird can i ask how many calls come through during this interview i do it like him i think you know it you do sort of queenie cheek. Humans have an innate psychological drive to connect with others what were learning more and more now is that that need to connect is physiological. Just weeks after the World Health Organization declared code 19 a Global Pandemic researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of technology mit posted a preliminary report on social isolation and some of the new responses the trick is the findings pointed to one telling conclusion the need to connect is as primal fundamental as our need to eat just 10 hours of total isolation can leave the brain feeling starved i spoke with julie and holt looked at a professor of psychology and neuroscience at bring him Young University no were not wired. She says that surge of panicle that sinking sensation in your stomach when youre physically cut off from people is a biological response that has evolved in us over millennia throughout Human History to be needed. But i know that this protection or. Resources are adapted to expect others so when the proximity to others particularly trusted others this. Will work because now we have to manage the threats in our fire and on our the latest science on loneliness shows that acute isolation has physical Health Professions to such as an increase in heart rate and Blood Pressure a surgeon stress hormones and internally pull nation according to Research Published in the cardiovascular medical journal hot people who feel lonely are 29 percent more likely to develop coronary Heart Disease and 32 percent more at risk of suffering a stroke julienne has also studied how social isolation impacts mortality well you were able to find where as well was associated with a 26. Percent increase risk for death being socially isolated 29 percent and living alone 32 percent and although there was relative they werent significantly different from each other that objective really isolated that subjective feeling of. Significantly predict risk for earlier death the suggest is that we need to take our relationship seriously. For the 1st time in Human History greater numbers of people ages and places on living alone in the us for instance the percentage of Single Person households has increased from 31 percent in the ninetys sixtys to 28 percent today in europe things are highest still with around 38 percent of dutch and nearly 42 percent of germans living alone in fact from ecuador to japan this upward trend is visible all around the world when the pendennis broke one of the catch phrases that caught instant popularity was social distancing however when i spoke with sociologist Eric Klinenberg he made an important point about the terminology it isnt quite accurate understood what was important about that distance he helps but i realized right away that there was a problem because social distancing is very different from physical distancing actually but we need to get through the situation certainly to rebuild afterwards is social proximity you know social solidarity we need to be looking out for each other to cure each other and making sure that we are helping people who have the greatest needs eric was quick to point out to me that despite the increasing numbers of People Living solo they would automatically fall under the category of the people most likely to suffer loneliness people who live alone in ordinary times are actually quite social on average you know theyre more likely to marry people to spend time with friends and. Neighbors to go out into public and shared spaces the problem now is that. Everyone who lives alone has forced to be socially isolated for the 1st time ever and i fear that this has generated this loneliness to unsettle it as much as were in an economic recession that were also in a bit of a recession with the lock downs limiting travel everything from simple commutes to long haul plane journeys and physical distancing restricting how close we can get to each other many people have sought out ways to deal with the social recession if youre like me and ive been fortunate enough to have access to a laptop or far in a good wife i connection then technology has been an undeniable benefit whatsapp we chat face time scott zoom to talk all these apps and many more have made staying in touch with people so much easier and yet so many have still felt played by a sense of isolation and anxiety many of these 2 walls feel their recent that for a ive thought about the idea that this somewhat analogous. Its where they have been you know incredibly beneficial in making more accessible to many more people but also count with potential. And you know just like processed foods very blankly in the degree to which they are trishas so they do. They still lack that personal touch you can reach across the screen and give someone a hug yeah i think my mom and dad and his trail you would understand agree with you. Im grateful that i can conversation with my parents who are in other states on base time more than i can teach my students at n. Y. U. And zoom you know here we are doing this interview you know through a screen but i think the majority of. The end of theres just cant wait to get back into physical life. You know to be in a restaurant or cafe or my brewery are playground or soccer fields to spend time with other human beings and as soon as its your safe and we feel secure enough to do it it will realize just how much we depend on and should value the social infrastructure is a risk taker granted. This is not a single emotion its a complex feeling that consists of many different emotional states from anger to fear to grief to insecurity and uncertainty. In january as the Chinese Government implemented the 1st major lockdown the world was to see this year in will one city not only when medics moved in to deal with code 19 but there was an infusion of psychologists and psychiatrists from the start to deal with the mental and emotional impact of the distancing isolation and fia even Mental Health professionals not physically into one got involved and youre in shanghai and you started the ones like a logical Assistance Project i didnt commit 1000 years back. On your home one and youre. 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When we face grim situations winning side the loons we seek out could be mechanisms during the lockdown watching communities of diverse and distance people try to cook together was fascinating in italy balconies became spaces for music and dance and even enabled people to share food with those who couldnt afford enough of their own there were half humorous half wistful videos online of people in Different Countries trying to play sports or getting a workout together in malaysia people flick in their lights. On and off in a symbolic and often poignant show of solidarity and back with the lockdowns 1st began in movies when no one really knew much about the virus and even few understood the pros and cons of physical distancing chance of. Keep fighting between classes. What youre going to go down youre not now going. Back to washington are you going to be in there and. Passion mailed to you for generations in your pensions or before mentioned you saw going out. To me that you hung. 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You know it really comes back to we are social beings were not meant to be alone you know its analogous to the idea of hearing that the water is not safe to drink and yet were all so thirsty here and so were looking for opportunities in a variety of ways and im actually you know well i guess the creative ways that people are i mean to try to and can nag under these incredibly strange circumstances but theres been Something Else as well laughing together funny humor and its everything thats going on we may not see it quite like that but thats a coping mechanism to well you know let life goes on and you know we need some relief its just too much to grease the pressure and anxiety all the time and i think laughter is what keeps us saini you know its its huge its redemption and so you know there are clearly moments where you cant laugh ive seen videos of people you know in the hospital find ways to be like situation and American Workers who take time to sing to their patients or to get music to let people spirits. That. Undergo a good and ask that the budget god look at wally. Or throw sophia thank you and one day. At the height of the lockdown say much more than 100 countries had instituted either passionately fool looked down the small than 3000000000 people in duluth physically distancing it was a radical change to how so many of us are used to living and there was significant concerns that there would be a spike in london this and all these sociate and issues d but a study conducted between january in late april in the United States by researchers at. Florida State University college of medicine reported some interesting early findings that spikey loneliness that Mental Health specialists were bracing for it seems not to have happened of course there were people who felt a new sense of isolation there were others whose loneliness momentarily intensified but overall the fears of the raging epidemic of loneliness didnt materialize i dont actually think theres a loneliness im going to i dont like the use of no concept i mean were living through and integrating you know you know we know what it means to. Major crisis and i fear that. Doesnt really help us get the precise tools that we need to feel better maybe part of that is is finding that thread of connection a shared experience this is a global phenomenon its affecting people of our whole writing ever backgrounds and so there is this collective experience that we are not only facing this together were craving together we also in order to. Get we need we need to Work Together great and so there is. A growing sense of solidarity around that and comfort that as we are staying home its to her tax those in our community our faith scrolling its to pay to the people who live around us you know whether its in the next room or the next building or the next block or the next state were deeply injured and its really recognizing our injured and its helps you think about how to build solidarity you know the sense that were going to get out and. Refusing its you know seeing the way to get through just the way to get through christ says to close a door and turn into a rugged individualist is a formula for more division its not as. Personally everybody else as awful having an exciting life at a party isnt so. So look there is and i hope that people are able to d take comfort in that. Heres the thing about loneliness you can be surrounded by other people and still feel lonely because just being in a crowd isnt enough to cre