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- 1. the practice of limiting physical closeness and contact with other people, especially in order to avoid catching or transmitting an infectious disease: "social distancing can help slow the spread of viruses and protect the people in our community who are most at risk"
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social distancing. noun. : the practice of maintaining a greater than usual physical distance (as six feet) from other people or of avoiding direct contact with people or objects in public places during the outbreak of a contagious disease.
- What Is Social Distancing?
- How Do I Practice Social Distancing?
- Does Social Distancing Work?
- What Are Other Ways to Limit The Spread of Disease?
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 avoiding crowds. With COVID-19, t...
The CDC defines social distancingas it applies to COVID-19 as "remaining out of congregrate settings, avoiding mass gatherings, and maintaining distance (approximately 6 feet or 2 meters) from others when possible." This means, says Rivers, "no hugs, no handshakes." It's particularly important—and perhaps obvious—to maintain that same 6-foot distan...
Experts point to lessons from history that indicate these measures work, including those from the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic. A 2007 PNAS studyfound that cities that deployed multiple interventions at an early phase of the pandemic—such as closing schools and banning public gatherings—had significantly lower death rates. Although Inglesby says...
Other public health measures could include isolation and quarantine. According to the CDC's latest guidance: Isolationrefers to the separation of a person or people known or reasonably believed to be infected or contagious from those who are not infected in order to prevent spread of the disease. Isolation may be voluntary, or compelled by governme...
In public health, social distancing, also called physical distancing, is a set of non-pharmaceutical interventions or measures intended 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.
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? -- Why practice social distancing? -- Tips for Social Distancing.
What is social distancing? The practice of social distancing means staying home and away from others as much as possible to help prevent spread of COVID-19. The practice of social distancing encourages the use of things such as online video and phone communication instead of in-person contact.
the practice of keeping away from other people as much as possible, or of keeping a certain distance from other people, in order to stop a disease from spreading to a lot of people: To slow the transmission, social distancing might be useful.
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.
