Health authorities all across the world are declaring quarantine and encouraging people to practice social distancing by minimizing contact with other people as much as possible and maintaining a distance of at least six feet between themselves to minimize the toll the hospitals and medical staff are experiencing by slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus. And thankfully, it seems like a lot of people are taking it seriously by sharing advice on how to maintain and even improve your relationships while staying home with your significant other or by creating infographics to make the concept of social distancing easier to understand. However, some people think it’s best just to lead by example are dedicated to making the best of the quarantine period. And to our joy, they took to Twitter to share their ideas!
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Some of those people look like they’re getting a little too close to each other.
Guys, you're smiling now, but wait until you can't leave your home. Social distancing, yet meeting up with people on the streets. Sure, it's fun now but... Geez, I live in Spain. We're quarantined. We might still try to keep spirits high, go out to dance on our balconies, give a nightly ovation to everyone who is working to eradicate this, etc., but it actually really sucks. Take all the precautions you can because I don't even want to imagine how the US--without universal healthcare or laws protecting workers who can't go to work--is going to deal with the pandemic...
Thank you for this circumspection. People are being way too cutesy about this. It isn't cute. And a lot of those people are not distant.
Nadine, I was about to write the same... north of Italy here
I wish our country (UK) would actually accept this is serious and the plan of letting it infect everyone for 'herd immunity' is going to result in so many deaths. I don't doubt it's awful to be in quarantine but I wish that they would implement that here.
Americans always find a reason for a Happy Hour. ??
U.S California bay area dweller and for real, people, well enough people are NOT taking it seriously in my town. Its starting to piss me off. Although I do live in a town of millenials and yuppies, so I'm not surprised. 😐
Same feeling in France. You summed it up perfectly
This is how we are now in the UK, none of this socialising at distance of any kind
I wish this was how people were acting in my city (Edmonton, AB - currently 119 cases). Had to go to the shops this morning for a few things and no one (besides myself) were maintaining any sort of distance between one another. Shit's real people. Take this kind of thing seriously... lots of elderly and immune compromised people out there!
We are keeping our distance, but still trying to help each other. There are several of us in this neighborhood with dogs to walk. We told all of our neighbors, if you need something, anything, tape a note to your door. One of the dog-walking neighbors will see it, get the note and do our best to get you what you need. So far this week, I have left groceries for two neighbors and a prescription for another. One of the other dog people has done grocery shopping for two more neighbors. We can't socialize, but we can still help.
Unless people live in apartments or places with no backyards, there's no need to walk the dogs. We have 2 dogs, and very fortunately a back yard. We just play "keep away" with toys to tucker them out. It's working. However everyone else on my street ALSO with substantial back yards are walking around, getting close with others like it ain't no thing. I do not understand it.
We're in a townhouse community. Kids can go out for some playtime, but I don't see any adult supervising or make sure there's no "accidental" touching - which is easy to do for the littler ones. And can dogs transmit the illness? Say, for example, I'm a carrier and a child wants to pet my dog - should I allow it? So I think it best to stay inside and keep doggo on a shorter leash to do her business. Play with your doggo inside for exercise.
Guys, you're smiling now, but wait until you can't leave your home. Social distancing, yet meeting up with people on the streets. Sure, it's fun now but... Geez, I live in Spain. We're quarantined. We might still try to keep spirits high, go out to dance on our balconies, give a nightly ovation to everyone who is working to eradicate this, etc., but it actually really sucks. Take all the precautions you can because I don't even want to imagine how the US--without universal healthcare or laws protecting workers who can't go to work--is going to deal with the pandemic...
Thank you for this circumspection. People are being way too cutesy about this. It isn't cute. And a lot of those people are not distant.
Nadine, I was about to write the same... north of Italy here
I wish our country (UK) would actually accept this is serious and the plan of letting it infect everyone for 'herd immunity' is going to result in so many deaths. I don't doubt it's awful to be in quarantine but I wish that they would implement that here.
Americans always find a reason for a Happy Hour. ??
U.S California bay area dweller and for real, people, well enough people are NOT taking it seriously in my town. Its starting to piss me off. Although I do live in a town of millenials and yuppies, so I'm not surprised. 😐
Same feeling in France. You summed it up perfectly
This is how we are now in the UK, none of this socialising at distance of any kind
I wish this was how people were acting in my city (Edmonton, AB - currently 119 cases). Had to go to the shops this morning for a few things and no one (besides myself) were maintaining any sort of distance between one another. Shit's real people. Take this kind of thing seriously... lots of elderly and immune compromised people out there!
We are keeping our distance, but still trying to help each other. There are several of us in this neighborhood with dogs to walk. We told all of our neighbors, if you need something, anything, tape a note to your door. One of the dog-walking neighbors will see it, get the note and do our best to get you what you need. So far this week, I have left groceries for two neighbors and a prescription for another. One of the other dog people has done grocery shopping for two more neighbors. We can't socialize, but we can still help.
Unless people live in apartments or places with no backyards, there's no need to walk the dogs. We have 2 dogs, and very fortunately a back yard. We just play "keep away" with toys to tucker them out. It's working. However everyone else on my street ALSO with substantial back yards are walking around, getting close with others like it ain't no thing. I do not understand it.
We're in a townhouse community. Kids can go out for some playtime, but I don't see any adult supervising or make sure there's no "accidental" touching - which is easy to do for the littler ones. And can dogs transmit the illness? Say, for example, I'm a carrier and a child wants to pet my dog - should I allow it? So I think it best to stay inside and keep doggo on a shorter leash to do her business. Play with your doggo inside for exercise.