Katie Couric talks with Dr. Vivek Murthy, The U.S. Surgeon General, about why our nation is so lonely, the impacts loneliness has on our health, his own experience with loneliness, and the advisory and framework his office is issuing to tackle this issue.

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00:00 Has the loneliness epidemic gotten better or worse since Katie first talked about it with Dr. Vivek Murthy 5 or 6 years ago?
01:39 How is being lonely equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes a day?
02:28 How loneliness drives people to self medicate
04:00 Dr. Murthy talks about his own experience with loneliness
05:42 How has loneliness contributed to the polarization in our country?
06:53 About the advisory and framework Dr. Murthy is issuing to tackle loneliness
09:29 How can we address the unprecedented levels of depression currently affecting teenage girls?
11:49 How are digital devices contributing to these feelings, and what can we do about it?
17:52 How will Dr. Murthy be sure to get the message across to people about how bad for their health loneliness is?
19:49 Dr. Murthy provides 4 steps to help reduce loneliness