Long before the coronavirus pandemic and stay-at-home orders hit, experts were raising alarms about another epidemic our country was facing: "an epidemic of loneliness."
Researchers identify links between loneliness and chronic illness leading to a shortened life-span. And now, in the current climate, many people are enduring loneliness on an even deeper level.
As part of our series "Living and Grieving in a Time of Covid 19," reporter Isaiah Murtaugh presents this audio diary. As stay-at-home orders went into effect, he pressed record ...