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Why Relational Connection Is So Important During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Michael Lee Stallard

Consistent with earlier research, Cigna, the insurance company, reported 2019 survey results that found two-thirds (61%) of Americans over the age of 18 are lonely and that loneliness continued to rise from its earlier study in 2018. A lack of sufficient connection is dangerous because social connection is a primal human need.

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