Community is one of the most powerful healing forces in the world
Data across 308,849 individuals, followed for an average of 7.5 years, indicate that individuals with adequate social relationships have a 50% greater likelihood of survival compared to those with poor or insufficient social relationships. The magnitude of this effect is comparable with quitting smoking and it exceeds many well-known risk factors for mortality (e.g., obesity, physical inactivity). https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000316#s3
