six feet apart
Social distancing measure
Six feet apart became the signature phrase of the COVID-19 pandemic, describing the recommended physical distance to reduce virus transmission.
The measurement—roughly two arm lengths—defined how people navigated public spaces during 2020-2021: standing in grocery lines, sitting in waiting rooms, gathering outdoors.
Please remain six feet apart at all times.
The phrase now evokes that era of social distancing, masks, and disrupted normalcy.
- social distancingDeliberate interpersonal spacing
- stay homeNot go anywhere
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- COVIDCoronavirus disease abbreviation
- flatten the curveSpread outbreak over longer period
quarantine · two weeks · masks · face shield · isolation · spacing · guidelines · public health · distance · separation · contactless · essential workers · grocery store · lockdown · virus · safety · wash your hands · crowd
six feet apartshoulder to shoulder
Adjacent and aligned laterally
touching · skin to skin · side by side · face to face · nose to nose
six feet apartcrowded together
Compressed into limited space
packed in · business as usual · close quarters · mass gathering
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