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There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy

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  1. dudisubekti · · focus · HN ↗
    This "loneliness" part of this article is confusing to me.

    > People are more alone than ever, but they’re not feeling much lonelier than they used to. So maybe all this extra solitude is...fine?

    Okay but the data examined for "more alone" is US data with unclear age range (most likely adults). But the data examined for "not feeling much lonelier" is UK data and US school teenager data. I feel like there's a massive blind spot with the fact there's no US adult data...?

    1. bluGill · · focus · HN ↗
      That was the point of the first part: nobody has data and so we cannot say there is any trend.
      1. card_zero · · focus · HN ↗
        Despite the lack of data, I have no hunch that there is any such trend anyway. Just wanted to say that before somebody inevitably says the opposite.

        My gut feeling says: don't ask me, I'm a gut.

        1. boilerupnc · · focus · HN ↗
          The microbiome has now entered the room.
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