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Total tangent, apologies in advance: A genius university Dean recently re-labeled "Social Distancing" to "Physical Distancing". Lets not be "socially distanced
by garraeth 6y ago
Total tangent, apologies in advance:
A genius university Dean recently re-labeled "Social Distancing" to "Physical Distancing". Lets not be "socially distanced", but rather simply "physically distanced".
Just putting this out there in hopes that it catches on.
- bcraven 6y agoThat was the WHO advice in April: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/15/world/social-distancing-language-change-trnd/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/15/world/social-distancing-l...
- cik 6y agoWe've been saying this in Canada since at least mid-March. https://globalnews.ca/news/6717166/what-is-physical-distancing/ https://globalnews.ca/news/6717166/what-is-physical-distanci...
- flyGuyOnTheSly 6y agoNo we haven't. There were a few news articles about changing the name, heard it on the radio for a few weeks, etc... but literally everybody in my bubble refers to it as social distancing. Social Distancing has the first mover advantage on Physical Distancing.