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The Lancet: Most comprehensive study to date provides evidence on optimal physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent spread of COVID-19

First review of all available evidence including 172 observational studies looking at how physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection affect the spread of COVID-19, SARS, and MERS in both ...
The Conversation

Physical distancing is here for a while – over 100 experts call for more safe walking and cycling space

Ben Beck receives funding through an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award Fellowship. Ben is President of the Australasian Injury Prevention Network. Billie Giles-Corti ...
Health Affairs

Stop Using The Term ‘Social Distancing’ -- Start Talking About ‘Physical Distancing, Social Connection’

Spurred by the need for a swift and massive behavioral change, “social distancing” has become the term of art for how politicians and experts describe the general population’s contribution to the ...
Psychology Today

Physical vs. Social Distancing: Ways to Make Social Contact

Physical distancing, not social distancing. Source: Evgeni Tcherkasski/Unsplash It’s April 15, and I haven’t done my taxes. This is not a libertarian, anti-government rant. Taxes are not due till July ...
Psychology Today

Let's Aim for Physical Rather Than Social Distancing

Amidst all the calls in nearly every country for social distancing, the most powerful tool we have to slow the spread of the coronavirus, one important fact gets lost: We are fundamentally social ...