during the pandemic. i was extremely lonely. i managed it. you know, i was aware of it. hey, mark. reporter: when she decided to retire, she knew she had to find something bigger than herself to be part of. what is the emotion that you feel coming here? when i come here, i feel purpose. when i leave here, i feel happiness. i ve helped in a small way. that s a really important human thing for all of us to be trying. reporter: the loss of human connection due to the pandemic has been felt far and wide. one survey found 36% of americans frequently felt lonely. good morning. reporter: and the cure could be as simple as helping others. research shows volunteering can not only ease feelings of loneliness but has a positive impact on mental health and physical health, reducing the risk of mortality and lowering feelings of depression. when the pandemic hit, i was really isolated. shut off. reporter: in springfield, massachusetts 41-year-old atia wilkins volunteers with ameri
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people dealt with climate change for a very long time. even people who thought that it was a real issue, but they weren t doing all that they could do to stop it or contribute to a decrease in what ways happening, and they weren t making those candidates campaigning on that single issue, that she would vote for them exclusively. and that is the same sort of thing that is happening here. people believe this is a problem, they cannot constantly stay on the edge of thinking that it is you are xwents. and particularly when they can t see how they will pay the bills, or they will going to buy a house and now they can t. or they can t afford to rent because about went up by 40%. that is just a human thing. and democrats have to wrestle with how do you deal with it when people get exhausted by a trauma. we didn t stop, you know police didn t stop shooting unarmed people including mostly black people. it is just that people couldn t stay in the trauma and so now we
thank you, andre, for doing this. first off, i just got back from mississippi, jackson, yesterday, or thursday. and, you know, it was just astounding to see people struggling for the most basic human thing, drinking water. we all know this has been decades in the making. this is happening once again in a majority black city. i believe the population of jackson is 40% black, a quarter of that population living in poverty. we saw this happening in another majority black city, flint, in 2014. how much does race have to do with this? as we know, race and racism plays a lot in where we live, our land use policy, and ultimately our utilities. now, in an ideal sense, infrastructure is shared. it serves as the foundation for economic development for health, for transportation, and many other things.
in response to the scientific images being produced, very much trying to understand the unseen. for us, they are very artistic, very beautiful. images of the virus were. they helped us materialise something we can t see. we had a jeweller who was responding to the information about how long the virus lasted on certain surfaces. again, with the virus, all of that messaging about not touching, which is such a human thing that we do. she created a finger protector to use on atm machines, in the form of a beautiful moth with a copper tongue, which was one of the materials that the virus doesn t last long on. with new zealand under a major