is it true what's being said that ' loneliness is an epidemic' now

i can only speak for myself, that i live a lonely existence, in my late 40s now, only support is my elderly mother who lives quite far...i'm lucky in that i live in a nice flat, on the 3rd floor, have nice neighbours....feel safe and at peace here....cope with difficult mental disorders as well which is hard...my mum rings me 4x every day...but yes, i live a very lonely desolate life.

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valentini · 61-69, M

I think , at its basis, it's a media creation. Epidemic, pandemic, blockbuster, bombshell, "if not when" "the new normal" and such. They get bored with reality even though there's plenty to go after that actually matters to people but might entail some risk. So they take, maybe a kernel of truth e.g. young people dating less, (hey social trends come and go all the time) and use it the way a screen writer would use it as a plot device in a movie.