25/03/2020
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With the current coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) upon us, you’ve likely heard health officials, stress the need for social distancing.
But as a relatively new phrase, there maybe some confusion over what it means and why it's important for us to follow right now.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) defines social distancing as “remaining out of congregate settings, avoiding mass gatherings, and maintaining distance (approximately 6 feet or 2 meters) from others when possible.”
It's all in an effort to try and minimize the number of germs that pass from one person to another. Anytime we interact with other people, we exchange microbes — bacteria or viruses. Each interaction carries a probability of a transmission, and in the case of an outbreak of an infectious disease, if you decrease those interactions, you can decrease the probability of transmission events.
Essentially, if a person practices social distancing, they can protect themselves, but if an entire community practices it, you can possibly stop a virus in its tracks.
But even if you're feeling fine, or aren't in the group of higher-risk people, practicing social distancing is important.
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