The social connectivity turns out to be such an important determinant of health, I wanted to spend time researching this.  Previous blog addressed when you cannot get out of bed.  But what about the rest of us who can get out of bed? I saw an important documentary in Netflix called “Join or Die”.  It talks about Robert Putnam’s research on social capital being important for economy and democracy but let’s look at it from a health point of view, which is our topic of interest here.  He wrote a book “Bowling Alone” making his point that memberships in special interest groups and clubs determine the community health and your social capital.  Let’s discuss some subtle points.