social distancing
Keeping apart deliberately
Social distancing is deliberately maintaining physical space between people to reduce disease transmission.
The practice gained widespread attention during the COVID-19 pandemic, when public health officials urged people to stay six feet apart: We're social distancing, so let's meet outside.
The term covers avoiding crowds, working from home, and limiting close contact generally.
Enforced restriction on movement
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- guidelinesSuggested rules for behavior
- protocolsEstablished codes of conduct
mandate · curfew · regulation · compliance · enforcement · directive · policy · ordinance
Global disease outbreak
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- transmissionSending of information
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
contagion · COVID-19 · outbreak · public health · epidemiology · incubation · immunity · vaccine
State of lacking companions
- solitudeState of being alone
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- withdrawalAct of taking away
separation · confinement · alienation · estrangement · disconnection · screen fatigue · Zoom fatigue · cabin fever
Cleaning palms with soap
- sanitizerAgent that reduces microbes
- hygienePractices maintaining cleanliness
- disinfectantAgent destroying surface pathogens
- flatten the curveSpread outbreak over longer period
shielding · contactless · remote work · telecommuting · ventilation · PPE · face covering · hand hygiene
- buffer zoneNeutral area between rivals
- gapUnfilled space between
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
- separationState of being apart
two meters · personal bubble · interval · spacing · room · breathing space · occupancy limit
lockdown
Enforced restriction on movement
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- guidelinesSuggested rules for behavior
protocols · mandate · curfew · regulation · compliance · enforcement · directive · policy · ordinance · decree
pandemic
Global disease outbreak
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- transmissionSending of information
virus · contagion · COVID-19 · outbreak · public health · epidemiology · incubation · immunity · vaccine · symptoms
loneliness
State of lacking companions
- solitudeState of being alone
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
withdrawal · separation · confinement · alienation · estrangement · disconnection · screen fatigue · Zoom fatigue · cabin fever · cocooning
handwashing
Cleaning palms with soap
- sanitizerAgent that reduces microbes
- hygienePractices maintaining cleanliness
- disinfectantAgent destroying surface pathogens
flatten the curve · shielding · contactless · remote work · telecommuting · ventilation · PPE · face covering · hand hygiene · surface cleaning
six feet
- buffer zoneNeutral area between rivals
- gapUnfilled space between
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
two meters · personal bubble · separation · interval · spacing · room · breathing space · occupancy limit
- COVID-19COVID-19, spike protein, mRNA vaccines, omicron, variants
- 2020sCOVID-19, pandemic, vaccine, lockdown, January 6th
- disease controlquarantine zone, medical quarantine, mandatory quarantine, home quarantine, self-quarantine
- epidemic controlquarantine zone, quarantine station, disease outbreak, outbreak, epidemic
- PSAsPSA, anti-smoking campaigns, PSAs, health campaigns, anti-drug ads
- pandemiclockdowns, COVID-19, outbreak, epidemic, COVID
social distancingphysical contact
Bodies directly touching
close contact · crowding · hugging · embracing · touching
social distancingsocial gathering
Convivial group meeting
socializing · mingling · social engagement · face-to-face interaction · congregating
social distancingmass gathering
Large crowd assembled together
congregation · assembly · public assembly · packing in · clustering
social, society, sociable, antisocial, socialize, socially, unsocial, societal, distancing