13 studies reveal how "social distancing" can kill you

[Mark Crispin Miller]

Prolonged isolation is a killer, especially for those who can't afford to go online;

nor is it good for those who do have access to the Internet, since "online life"

is living death, for all the New York Times' attempts to sell it to us:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/technology/video-games-coronavirus.html

There is no substitute for life with others.

MCM

13 Studies Reveal How Social Distancing (i.e., Social Isolation) Can Increase Mortality

  

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Friday, April 3rd 2020 at 2:00 pm

Written By: 

GMI Reporter

https://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/13-studies-reveal-how-social-distancing-ie-social-isolation-can-increase-mortalit

 

"A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ"

- John Steinbeck

Hundreds of millions of adults and children are now either in quarantine in their homes, or engaged in "essential" travel in the public sphere, while maintaining an unnatural distance from one another, because they have been told this is the best way to protect their individual and the public's health from a deadly virus. But what are the consequences of the social isolation caused by this mass social distancing experiment? 

What is Social Distancing and Social Isolation? 

Social distancing, also known physical distancing, is defined as a set of non-pharmaceutical interventions taken to prevent the spread of presumably communicable diseases by maintaining a physical distance between people and reducing the frequency people come into close contact with each other.

Regardless of whether or not social distancing is actually effective in preventing disease transmi

ssion, it always results in some degree of social isolation, defined as disengagement from social ties, institutional connections, or community participation.

13 Studies Demonstrating Social Isolation Increases Mortality Risk:

There is a growing body of scientific research demonstrating that social isolation has significant adverse health impacts on both the psychological and physiological health and well-being of individuals, as represented by the following 13 studies which show significant increases in mortality:

Click on the link for the list of studies