Vivek Murthy urged public officials to treat isolation with the same urgency as substance abuse or tobacco
“So bottom line is this has to be a public health priority that we consider on par with tobacco, with substance use disorders, with obesity and other issues that we know profoundly impacted people’s lives.”about his own personal experience with loneliness and feeling isolated for several years, said the pandemic has brought the disruption of social cohesion to the forefront.
“It’s a normal part of the human experience and loneliness, in many ways, is like hunger or thirst,” Murthy said. “It’s a signal our body sends us when we’re lacking something we need for survival.” “There’s a very simple reason: it’s hard to hate people up close,” he said. “But when we don’t know one another, then we fall prey to the caricatures that people put out about groups that disagree with us.”
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Interest rate surge to boost big bank profits past $16bWhile United States regulators are working to head off further instability in the US regional banking sector by forcing a sale of First Republic Bank, local giants NAB, ANZ Bank and Macquarie Group are forecast to reveal strong profits this week.
Read more »
Macquarie household deposits surge as major banks jockey for savingsThe scramble for customers in the $1.4 trillion household deposit markets comes after Jim Chalmers directed regulators to investigate competition in the sector.
Read more »
‘Disastrously wrong’: RBA slammed over cost of living surge amid welfare fightA former Labor cabinet minister has slammed the Reserve Bank for further burdening Australia’s most vulnerable with its “disastrous” cash rate decisions as the government faces backlash over a welfare increase to only one group.
Read more »
Surge in population will help beat inflation: MacquarieThe Macquarie chief is buoyed by population growth, and said Australia’s own supply of commodities would shield the country from the deeper recessionary chatter permeating other developed markets.
Read more »
Sudan rivals trade blame as fighting continues despite ceasefire extensionNew UN envoy to the region warns that humanitarian situation is ‘reaching breaking point’
Read more »
Renewable energy boom stealing money from roads, says Transurban CEOTransurban will focus on expanding existing toll roads rather than building new infrastructure due to the surge in renewable energy projects, CEO Scott Charlton says.
Read more »