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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Local - PANDEMIC LONELINESS Portrait of Brazilian student, Isabela Bermudez, on the Assiniboine Park footbridge Wednesday. Bermudez enjoys taking lots of walks in Assiniboine Park and connects often with friends online to help her deal with isolation. PANDEMIC LONELINESS: The isolation of the pandemic is grinding some people down with loneliness and anxiety. Isabela Bermudez is cut off from her family in Brazil, and the stress of watching her family contract the virus has worn her out and made her feel helpless. Meanwhile, some are reaching out to help people experiencing this isolation and loneliness. Cody Sellar story. Dec 16h,. 2020