Why Loneliness Is a Public Health Crisis
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Why Loneliness Is a Public Health Crisis

Corrected by Emir Baycan · on When Notes Fly · 12 July 2026 · View published page ↗

Loneliness can be as deadly as smoking; this article explores vital research on social disconnection and its impact on health.

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−with a 2015 meta-analysis that most people
+with a 2010 meta-analysis that most people
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−Holt-Lunstad followed this work in 2017 with a second meta-analysis of 70…
+Holt-Lunstad followed this work in 2015 with a second meta-analysis of 70…
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−a 2018 meta-analysis by Masi and colleagues
+a 2011 meta-analysis by Masi and colleagues

Why this is better

The body text already correctly distinguished the 2010 (148-study, PLoS Medicine) and 2015 (70-study, Perspectives on Psychological Science) Holt-Lunstad meta-analyses, and the 2011 Masi et al. date. But the bibliography was missing the 2010 paper's reference entry, and the invisible FAQ (JSON-LD) field still conflated the 148-study finding with the wrong year (2015 instead of 2010). Fixed both the bibliography and FAQ, and verified via re-fetch that the correct 2010 reference entry is present and no stale 2015/148-study conflation remains anywhere in the post.

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