During the COVID-19 pandemic, when you see your friends or family members who
don’t live under your roof either one-on-one or in groups whether it be standing 6
feet apart from each other and not moving from that
spot, meeting in cars in the parking lot, walking or riding bikes together on opposite sides of the street, or holding exercise classes in the street. These people are practicing creative distancing, but it is slightly different because people who practice rationalized distancing think it’s okay because they list the precautions they had taken and will argue with those who
don’t agree with them—it was only five minutes, they sat 6
feet apart, we monitored their behavior, it was just a playdate, the only other place we
go is the grocery store, I’m healthy, we’re all healthy. However, according to MIT research “mucus and saliva can burst from a person’s mouth at nearly a hundred
miles an hour and travel as far as
27 feet.” This method of distancing is flawed, selfish, and breaks all social distancing rules.
Joe met up with his
two brothers at his house and practiced rationalized distancing by saying it was okay because they only met for 10 minutes.
Now, all
three brothers and their entire families have Coronavirus.