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  1. In public health, social distancing, also called physical distancing, is a set of non-pharmaceutical interventions or measures intended to prevent the spread of a contagious disease by maintaining a physical distance between people and reducing the number of times people come into close contact with each other.

    Social distancing - Wikipedia

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  3. What is social distancing and how can it slow the spread of ...

    hub.jhu.edu/2020/03/13/what-is-social-distancing

    What is social distancing? Social distancing is a public health practice that aims to prevent sick people from coming in close contact with healthy people in order to reduce opportunities for disease transmission. It can include large-scale measures like canceling group events or closing public spaces, as well as individual decisions such as ...

  4. Social distancing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_distancing

    In public health, social distancing, also called physical distancing, is a set of non-pharmaceutical interventions or measures intended to prevent the spread of a contagious disease by maintaining a physical distance between people and reducing the number of times people come into close contact with each other.

  5. How to Protect Yourself and Others | CDC

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    CDC’s COVID-19 hospital admission levels provide information about the amount of severe illness in the community where you are located to help you decide when to take action to protect yourself and others.

  6. Coronavirus, Social and Physical Distancing and Self-Quarantine

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    What is social distancing? The practice of social distancing means staying home and away from others as much as possible to help prevent spread of COVID-19. The practice of social distancing encourages the use of things such as online video and phone communication instead of in-person contact.

  7. What Is Social Distancing? How to Use It Amid Coronavirus - TIME

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    Per the CDC’s recommendation, social distancing involves “remaining out of congregate settings, avoiding mass gatherings, and maintaining distance” whenever possible to limit the ability of the...

  8. Effects of social distancing on the spreading of COVID-19 ...

    www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-81308-2

    A better understanding of how the COVID-19 pandemic responds to social distancing efforts is required for the control of future outbreaks and to calibrate partial lock-downs. We present...

  9. Social Distancing: The Impact on Your Health and Immune System

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    Social distancing is a term used in public health that means to stay home or separate yourself from others as much as possible, in order to prevent or reduce the likelihood of the spread of...

  10. Social Distancing, Isolation, and Quarantine - WebMD

    www.webmd.com/covid/coronavirus-isolation

    Social distancing, or physical distancing, means limiting close contact with people you don’t live with, both indoors and outdoors. It’s one of the best tools we have to prevent the spread of...

  11. Social Distancing Guidelines for Covid-19 - What You Need to Know

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    Social distancing means avoiding close physical contact so the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 cannot spread between people. Close personal contact means being within 6 feet (2 meters) of another person for at least 15 minutes over 24 hours. It is important to follow worldwide, national, and local social distancing guidelines.

  12. Social distancing Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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    : the practice of maintaining a greater than usual physical distance (such as six feet or more) from other people or of avoiding direct contact with people or objects in public places during the outbreak of a contagious disease in order to minimize exposure and reduce the transmission of infection : physical distancing