eassy on social distancing
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COVID-19
Wear a mask. Protect Others.
YOUR HEALTH
Social Distancing
Keep a Safe Distance to Slow the Spread.
Updated July 15, 2020
Limiting close face-to-face contact with others is the best way to reduce the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
What is social distancing?
Social distancing, also called “physical distancing,” means keeping a safe space between yourself and other people who are not from your household.
To practice social or physical distancing, stay at least 6 feet (about 2 arms’ length) from other people who are not from your household in both indoor and outdoor spaces.
Social distancing should be practiced in combination with other everyday preventive actions to reduce the spread of COVID-19, including wearing masks, avoiding touching your face with unwashed hands, and frequently washing your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
Explanation:
Keeping a distance from other people is unfamiliar territory for most of us. It feels awkward and unnatural. We’re not sure what to do and on top of this, the goal posts appear to shift daily as we grapple with the changing landscape of this coronavirus pandemic.
Limiting our contact with people will slow down virus transmission and flatten the epidemic curve so that we can reduce the number of cases occurring at the peak of the epidemic. The aim is to lighten demands on the health system when the epidemic is at its peak, so all of those needing help can get it, and we save lives.
Social distancing, more appropriately called physical distancing, is not always straight forward and if you are sometimes unsure, you are not alone. Even though I have experience working in infectious disease prevention and control, I too face moments of indecision translating what I know about social distancing into daily life.
In order to put the theory into practice, we need to adhere to two principles. Firstly, assume everyone we meet has coronavirus, regardless of how they look or who they are. And secondly, also assume that we have coronavirus, and could give it to other people. It’s important we all act as though we are potentially carrying the virus.
I could go on to list all the dos and don’ts of social distancing, but there’s an easier way to understand what you need to do: The smelly-person rule.
I pretend that everyone in the world has not washed for six weeks, including me, and I behave accordingly. In this imaginary world where no one has washed, and everybody smells a bit, I definitely don’t want to be too physically close to anyone - certainly I want to be at least one to two metres away.