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Of course anything can be overdone. Generalizations included.

You really need to look at individual situations. Consider one "Osama bin Laden": I'm betting on (and he's banking on) social isolation hugely extending his life expectancy.

I doubt that Osama bin Laden is socially isolated. Wouldn't he be surrounded by his "minions"?

I think "socially isolated" => "isolated from society at large" which is, in this case, spot on.

I thought the health risks are associated with not being face to face with other people, not with society at large.