In the Bay Area and across the country, we're nearly 10 months into COVID restrictions. Some of us are skin-starved, many of us even love-starved.
No hugs, no spooning, no sex, no friends and no family. It's a lot to deal with, but the truth is, many of us felt lonesome even before the pandemic pushed us further into isolation.
Getting what we truly need is always a challenge, so how are we coping now? To find out, Out in the Bay producer Truc Nguyen got intimate with Bay Area residents.
Avery Hines is originally from Detroit, Michigan, and a chef at San Francisco's Walden House, which serves clients with mental health and substance use disorder issues.