Talk:Social distancing

Other countries
What do you think about adding a section on "Other countries" that would focus on the rules?

I read or heard something a few months ago that I understood as saying that "social distancing" in France was 1 meter -- just slightly more than 3 feet, not nearly the 6 foot rule in place in the US. I'm too busy with other things to take the lead on this, but I think it might be interesting and useful to leave English-language questions about this on the talk pages associated with other language versions of this article to see if we could get a substantive international comparison: Most places probably express their social distancing rules in meters, not feet. I could not find in skimming the companion French-language article their rule, but I think it's 1 meter. Others may use different rules. DavidMCEddy (talk) 12:46, 26 October 2020 (UTC)


 * This is already in the Avoiding physical contact section. I've added France, which was missing from there. Dan Bloch (talk) 13:16, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Adding Sociality and disease transmission to See also section
Hello,

I am unable to edit the Social distancing article because I have not reached 500 edits yet. However, I was wondering if it would be helpful to link to an article called Sociality and disease transmission from the See also section of this article. It seems like both articles address similar content, and that users might benefit from seeing them linked. RVSNS (talk) 00:08, 5 June 2021 (UTC)

Earlier meanings
early in the covid 19 pandemic outside the US, the term social distancing did not mean physical distancing. at the start of the covid 19 pandemic social distancing meant avoiding socialising and unnecessary contact with people, not physically staying a part. see UK Government blog from march 2020 https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2020/03/04/coronavirus-covid-19-what-is-social-distancing/ "These measures, sometimes referred to as “social distancing”, could include things like temporarily reducing socialising in public places such as entertainment or sports events, reducing our use of non-essential public transport or recommending more home working."

new scientist article - march 2020 "What does social distancing mean?

Social distancing practices are changes in behaviour that can help stop the spread of infections. These often include curtailing social contact, work and schooling among seemingly healthy individuals, with a view to delaying transmission and reducing the size of an outbreak." https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237664-coronavirus-what-is-social-distancing-and-how-do-you-do-it/

economic times (India) march 2020: social distancing is meant to ‘flatten the curve’ of the pandemic - prevent community spread by ensuring people are not frequently in contact with each other.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/heres-what-social-distancing-entails/orders-from-the-centre/slideshow/74704858.cms

can this be included in the page? Oliver (talk) 18:22, 5 February 2023 (UTC)