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Mar 13, 2020 · What is social distancing? Social distancing is a public health practice that aims to prevent sick people from coming in close contact with healthy people in order to reduce opportunities for disease transmission. It can include large-scale measures like canceling group events or closing public spaces, as well as individual decisions such as ...
Social distancing, or physical distancing, is a set of non-pharmaceutical interventions or measures taken to prevent the spread of a contagious disease by maintaining a physical distance between people and reducing the number of times people come into close contact with each other.
Apr 4, 2024 · Read how to protect yourself from coronavirus and slow the spread, including get vaccinated, wear a mask, and avoid crowds and poorly ventilated spaces.
May 14, 2020 · State and local governments imposed social distancing measures in March and April 2020 to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). These measures included bans on large...
- Charles Courtemanche, Joseph Garuccio, Anh Le, Joshua Pinkston, Aaron Yelowitz
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Apr 3, 2020 · As the coronavirus outbreak has spread throughout the United States, social and physical distancing measures have taken many forms — such as business and school closures, stay-at-home orders, and everyone being urged to keep six feet apart.
3 days ago · During the COVID-19 pandemic, mask mandates emerged as key strategies to curb transmission and protect public health with social distancing measures (Chu et al., 2020). In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended the use of face masks in specific settings, particularly where physical distancing could not be maintained or where community transmission was high (WHO, 2020).
Physical and social distancing measures in public spaces prevent transmission between infected individuals and those who are not infected, and shield those at risk of developing serious illness.
