Dr. Vivek H. Murthy - 19th and 21st Surgeon General, USA

When I moved Northern Virginia near the end of COVID, I was shocked by the lack of social groups and gatherings in my area, even with a substantial population. Later, I discovered talks of a "loneliness epidemic", and just how much loneliness is out there in a standard year.
The following are sources showing the extent of this:
Though I cannot tackle the entirety of loneliness, I suspect that a chunk could be fought with an app-based approach that fights many causes listed on Harvard's page. Replacing hours on anti-social social media, and engaging people in meaningful, in person interactions is the goal of Wake.
Pillars of our app based solution will include:
The first phase of the product will include building out a compelling messaging system with event managing integration.
App functionality is dependent on the internet. Our backend covers authentication, text and file storage, analytics, bug reporting, and much more.
User interfaces and page flows that allow an experience with the familiarity of social media app design.
The proof-of-concept builds with frontend and backend code working together
Philip Roysden
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