I didn’t know much about it from medical training in terms of what the consequences of it were. One is I felt very ill-equipped to handle that as a doctor because I had not really thought deeply about how to approach loneliness. Vivek Murthy: Yes, and there are two things I would say about that, Paul. That’s a very interesting comment coming particularly from a doctor. Paul Holdengräber: You’ve said that the most common ailment I saw as a doctor was not heart disease or diabetes, it was loneliness. Finally, he offers his thoughts on the opioid crisis, the role of the surgeon general, and the recent endorsements of Joe Biden by the scientific community in the New England Journal of Medicine and more. Vivek argues for the need to get past the stigma around loneliness and the importance of prioritizing human connections. In their conversation, Vivek talks with Paul about what he has learned about the wide-reaching impact of loneliness in his medical career. His first book, Together: The Healing Power of Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World, came out this spring and explores the topic of loneliness and public health. On Episode 127 of The Quarantine Tapes, Paul Holdengräber is joined by Vivek Murthy. Each day, Paul calls a guest for a brief discussion about how they are experiencing the global pandemic.
Hosted by Paul Holdengräber, The Quarantine Tapes chronicles shifting paradigms in the age of social distancing.
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