More devastating than physical affliction!-----Why a 'Loneliness Epidemic' is Upon Us - Intellectual Takeout

Why a 'Loneliness Epidemic' is Upon Us - Intellectual Takeout - Michael Cook 

“...Loneliness is a major social, educational, economic and health issue that will reach epidemic proportions by 2030,”..appears to be a serious health risk for issues like cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer disease, stroke, and insomnia. 

One study claims that the health impact of loneliness is the equivalent of smoking 15 cigarettes a day...
Nearly all the research indicates that loneliness can be devastating... 

In the UK Helen Stokes-Lampard, Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, has warned that loneliness threatens to overwhelm the government health system...

• Remarkably, most of the academic studies and media surveys ignore the fundamental question: what kind of society creates a vulnerability to loneliness? 
• The answer seems obvious: a society where families are small and fractured...