Listen now (34 mins) | Since suicides serve as a proxy measure for social isolation and loneliness (SIL), last week the CDC reported after declines in 2019 and 2020, suicides increased 7% in ‘21, particularly among those 25-44, to 48,343 returning their peak in 2018. Over the past 2 decades suicides have increased 30%, they are now is the 12