Agreed; it is a ridiculous and alarmist leap for this piece to go from 46 percent “sometimes feel alone” to 46 percent are lonely. One can be alone by choice a

Agreed; it is a ridiculous and alarmist leap for this piece to go from 46 percent “sometimes feel alone” to 46 percent are lonely. One can be alone by choice and actually like it. “Lonely” connotates depression resulting from being alone.