LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 We Must Deal With Both Sides Of Pandemic Now, as the levels of COVID fatigue mount, emotional issues among the public and providers, especially those greatest at risk, continue to grow. This is producing new cases of morbidity and mortality related to the disease, but not directly due to the virus. Social isolation is the state of having minimal contacts with the world. Loneliness is an emotion, a feeling of being isolated from others.…