Before America contracted this pandemic of the novel coronavirus, we were dying from a plague of loneliness.

Economists and politicians worry about the economic costs as everything shuts down. No basketball, no museums, no school, and — Lord, have mercy — no baseball. Hotels and restaurants are taking massive hits.

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