Dr. Vivek Murthy, second-term U.S. Surgeon General, is the grandson of a poor farmer in India. He remembers something his grandfather told him when he was younger, that “(w)e are responsible for each other.”
In his travels across the US and in his important role as surgeon general, Dr. Murthy found “people in pain across America.” “Poverty, discrimination and violence are negatively impacting people’s health,” Dr. Murthy said. “But so, too, are social isolation and loneliness.”
40% of Americans are Lonely — Dr. Murthy Wants to do Something About it
