OP-ED: Can lockdown fatigue be reversed by social contact?

What the science says Many are looking forward to a summer of relative freedom, with road-mapped milestones that will grant us more opportunities to see our friends and family. But we’ll be carrying the effects of months of isolation into those meetings, including a sense that our social skills will need dusting off, and our wits will need sharpening.The mental effects of lockdown have been profound.