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"Social distancing" is such a weird and ambiguous phrase. Are we not socializing right now over the Internet while maintaining physical distance? Arguably, we'r
by hyperdunc 7y ago
"Social distancing" is such a weird and ambiguous phrase. Are we not socializing right now over the Internet while maintaining physical distance? Arguably, we're socially closer than before because of this crisis.
- mrob 7y agoWhich is why the WHO changed their recommended terminology to "physical distancing". Previous HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22665506 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22665506
- hyperdunc 7y agoDifficult to replace a phrase that's already caught on. Good to know, though.