Loneliness sits awkwardly in public health.
It’s not infectious.
It’s not a classic lifestyle risk.
But it still affects mortality.
The “as deadly as smoking” claim isn’t quite right, but the real story matters.
My latest article in Medium:
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An epidemiologist explains what the “loneliness vs smoking” claim gets wrong — and why the real problem is being overlooked.
