There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy

Claims of a widespread loneliness epidemic are largely based on flawed statistical analysis rather than actual evidence of increasing loneliness over time. Researchers often present current loneliness rates without historical comparison data, or misinterpret age differences as generational trends when they may simply reflect how people's loneliness changes as they age. When properly comparing data across generations, evidence actually shows declines or minimal changes in loneliness, not the epidemic commonly described in public discourse.