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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] We are not quarantined. [/quote]What do you think school closures, event and flight cancellations are?[/quote]

Right - I agree the purpose is to limit large gatherings and one infected person getting 50 others sick in one fell swoop. But I do believe we need an “official” source of social distancing guidance rather than the armchair experts I see online “shaming” people if they don’t quarantine while failing to acknowledge the difference between social distancing and quarantine. [/quote]

One is voiuntary the other is mandatory.

Given that viruses can live on surfaces for hours it's not worth the risk. [/quote]

There's more to it than that.  Social distancing is limiting, not eliminating, social contact.  It is not congregating in large groups.  It is avoiding some things, like shopping malls and restaurants.  Quarantining is complete isolation from everyone, sick or healthy.  I think what some are positing here is that we should all self quarantine, voluntarily, so as to avoid the spread.  This is not possible for many people, whose places of work are still open, who need their income from said places, who need to get groceries, medication, etc.  And the reality is that most people are following the social distancing model for now, not self quarantining as some people here have suggested.  I have been watching the news here and there.  The vast majority of experts are not telling people to stay in their houses and, if outside, stay six feet from any other human being.  That is not practical advice.  Social distancing will flatten the curve but it is not meant to stop the virus entirely (which is impossible).  The situation is very fluid, but let's not all lose our heads here.[/quote]

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