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The nation’s ‘loneliness epidemic’ is present in Wasatch County

By Park Record · September 29, 2026 · 1 min read
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That’s according to Gov. Spencer Cox, who discussed the topic, among others, with Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show” earlier this month. “We are lonelier than we have ever been as a country. I think that’s very dangerous,” Cox told Stewart on Sept.

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