This episode will begin to get into social isolation, with structural and psychological origins, and the effects on the body and mind. This will be a multi-part series since there's just too much loneliness to fit into one episode and because Aubrey likes to go off on tangents. In this first part a couple questions are asked, so that we may begin to think about how loneliness or less social contact could, potentially, influence our health and our social structures due to covid-19. This first segment looks at some of the previously existing health effects of loneliness (pre-covid) and the theories as to why loneliness is tied to health.

Resources:

• Can Design Help Overcome Loneliness
• Loneliness May Warp Our Genes, And Our Immune Systems by Angus Che
• The risks of social isolation by Amy Novotney

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