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Social distancing comes with social side effects – here's how to stay connected

  • Written by Jonathan Kanter, Director of the Center for the Science of Social Connection, University of Washington
Social distancing comes with social side effects – here's how to stay connectedThere are ways to strengthen bonds while keeping physical distance.MoMo Productions/DigitalVision via Getty Images

To fight the spread of coronavirus, government officials have asked Americans to swallow a hard pill: Stay away from each other.

In times of societal stress, such a demand runs counter to what evolution has hard-wired people to do: Seek...

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