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- Joe Biden was reportedly concerned about young Americans' sex lives during the pandemic.
- According to The Washington Post, Biden asked aides about how young people could "make love" amid COVID restrictions.
- The president also worried about high schoolers not be able to attend prom.
President Joe Biden wanted to talk about sex.
According to The Washington Post, during his first year in office he asked multiple aides how young people could "make love" amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It was far from his only worry about how health restrictions were affecting younger Americans' mental health.
"President Biden often delivered a favorite monologue to aides: He was worried about young people's mental health, he said," the Post reported. "High school seniors were missing prom and graduation. He wanted to know how college students went on dates."
Biden's concerns, according to The Post, were rooted in "his near-daily conversations with his grandchildren," an example of how the president relies on family, friends, former colleagues, and parishioners to get information beyond the White House bubble.
The president discussed the matter with US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, who wrote an entire book about loneliness. Murthy has continued to express concern about how an "epidemic of loneliness and isolation" has affected the nation. Murthy's office has pointed out how the feelings brought on by poor connection can lead to an increased risk for heart disease, stroke, and, for older adults, the risk of developing dementia.
Biden's unconventional information stream also led him to press officials about other policies. According to The Post, Biden pressed White House chief of staff Jeff Zients about his student debt relief program after reading about a letter some Democratic lawmakers had written to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.
The White House did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.