Isolated Together

This episode explores how being physically isolated can impact aging adults, and novel ways to combat loneliness during the coronavirus pandemic. Host David DesRoches speaks with Erica Michalowski, AARP Connecticut’s community outreach and education director; Tia Murphy, AARP Connecticut's volunteer state president; and Nicholas Nicholson, associate professor of nursing at Quinnipiac University.

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 The coronavirus has upended life as we know it. But information on the virus and its impact seems to change constantly, and contradictory reporting is everywhere. How can people cut through the noise and learn what’s true? And should we be OK with not knowing much about the virus yet, and trusting that in time, we’ll know enough to be able to implement solutions to allow life to return back to normal? In this episode, host David DesRoches speaks with epidemiologist Erica Fowler and Laura Willis, associate professor of health and strategic communications at Quinnipiac University.

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These are some strange and trying times, for sure. The entire planet has been turned upside down. In just a few weeks, life as we’ve known it has irreversibly changed. Events like this don’t happen often. Not even once in a lifetime. Maybe once every hundred years. 

This is Isolated Together: a podcast covering our struggles and triumphs against the coronavirus, brought to you by Quinnipiac University and hosted by David DesRoches. 

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