Are we in a ‘loneliness pandemic’? With Louise Hawkley, PhD
Speaking of Psychology
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Is There a Secondary Loneliness Panic?
The long term consequences of the pandemic on things like loneliness have yet to be seen. The fact that they decreased their inperson a interaction frequency was not compensated by these increased remote technology uses. Have to look at even basic things like broadband access. Could they have used video calling? What about, ah, just their ability to use devices, or knowledge and how to access the internet,. So there are those hurdles that have to be gotten over.
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