As COVID-19 creates the need for social distancing and quarantine, people are turning to video-chatting platforms to keep themselves sane and connected.
I spoke to people across the country who have initiated virtual book clubs, dance parties, wine nights, double dates and 15-person group hangs.For millennials, Gen Xers and boomers who don’t normally work remotely, the coronavirus outbreak has presented an opportunity to jump on the video-chatting bandwagon that Gen Zers have long been using for work and for play. And for office-based professionals now trapped at home, they are adapting their social behaviors quickly.
So the Jacobsons suggested a digital double date. “We’d been joking about this, but this time was serious,” Mike said. She set up a Zoom link and a digital flyer to get the word out, and on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. they turned on music and prepared to party. Right away, about 10 other friends joined the Zoom, and at its peak, there were 40 different streams dialed in. Schroeder and her toddler daughter had a blast.
Dr. David Spiegel, Willson professor and associate chair of psychiatry at Stanford University, says that we should lean in to the technology that is available to us, because social contact is essential to our health, both mentally and physically. together for at least eight weeks, digital platforms have also provided a way to create a stand-in for larger-scale celebrations that had to be canceled or postponed.
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