We spent 2020 adjusting to a new pandemic normal.

Many of us just staying at home in a state of self-quarantine.

Now as two COVID-19 vaccines have begun to be distributed in the United States, we are

one step closer to pre-pandemic life.

But you know what?

After months inside, our social skills may be a bit rusty.

If you're finding the idea of being around people in a social setting again a bit awkward,

you're not alone.

Research suggests that the isolation we've been in can affect our social skills.

Without regular practice, our ability to read social cues and accurately interpret body

language can start to dull.

As we wait for widespread vaccination during the coldest months of the year, people may be

feeling more alone than ever.

So today, I wanted to reshare an episode that had a big impact on me.

On a topic that is on so many people's minds, what is all this isolation really doing

to us?

On today's episode, my conversation from September puts Stephanie Cassiopo, she's director

of the Brain Dynamics Laboratory at the University of Chicago.

I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent, and this is coronavirus.

Fact versus fiction.

We thought we were good at reading others' facial expressions, but actually we might have

lost disability during COVID.

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