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LANSING — People across the nation grew familiar with social isolation during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, but social disconnection had been building since before the pandemic, according to a
Three years after the pandemic, 34% of American adults reported feeling isolated from others. In 2018, 27% reported the same feelings.
LONELINESS: A recent U.S. surgeon general’s advisory and a U-M study found that loneliness is a major public health problem for adults and children, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Among those …