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🗓️ 3 April 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Older people can face serious health effects from being isolated — and yet, being isolated is the only thing that can keep them safe, Senior Producer Maggie Penman reports. Plus, Global Opinions writer Jason Rezaian on how he survived solitary confinement in Iran — and how you can survive social distancing, too. And, though we may be apart, a reminder that we’re not alone, from science reporter Sarah Kaplan.

I survived solitary confinement. You can survive self-isolating.

Human connection bolsters the immune system. That’s why it’s more important than ever to be kind.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:05.0	It's Robert Samuels from the Washington Post.
0:09.0	Post is Sarah Kaplan.
0:10.0	Hi, this is Ella Hayes, I'm with the Washington Post.
0:13.0	Hey.
0:14.0	This is Post Reports.
0:15.0	I'm Martin Powers.
0:19.0	It's Friday, April 3.
0:22.0	Today, health social distancing is affecting older people.
0:27.0	Tips on surviving isolation and a reminder that we're all alone together.
0:34.0	When we all started staying home a couple weeks ago, I started thinking about older people a lot.
0:43.0	Older people tend to be more isolated than younger people.
0:49.0	And that's for a lot of different reasons.
0:51.0	Maybe it's because they've retired.
0:53.0	Maybe it's because they've lost a spouse or their siblings or some of their close friends.
0:59.0	And then older people are also the most vulnerable to this coronavirus.
1:05.0	And so it just seemed like this kind of cruel irony that the people who are already isolated are now being forced to further isolate.
1:17.0	And we also know that isolation has really negative health consequences for older people.
1:23.0	I'm Maggie Penman.
1:26.0	I'm the senior producer of Post Reports.
1:31.0	So when you say negative health consequences, obviously isolation is hard for our mental health and for keeping us feeling connected.
1:40.0	But you actually mean consequences for your physical health.
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