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Joseph Coughlin, director of the AgeLab, writes for Forbes about how social distancing aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19 is shedding light on the social isolation that many seniors experience. Coughlin writes that social distancing “can serve as an exercise in empathy (albeit an imperfect one), permitting younger people to appreciate some of what many older adults go through every day.”