In the past we would preferentially connect with friends and family who live locally. Now it’s all the same zoom call whether we’re hanging with the friend from down the block or the cousin who lives on the other side of the planet. To me it’s a silver lining that social distancing has paradoxically eliminated the distance between us and our loved ones scattered across the globe.
About the Author Ellen Vora, MD
Ellen Vora, M.D., is a holistic psychiatrist practicing with Frank Lipman, M.D., at the Eleven Eleven Wellness Center in NYC. "I take a functional medicine approach to mental health, which is a root-cause approach to understanding and treating illness."