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by smileypete
2255 days ago
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>No one has done a controlled study on this, so no one really knows. It ranges from zero to many. Can't remember seeing any controlled studies on the efficacy of social distancing either. Many of the healthcare professionals in the countries that dealt with SARS are calling for universal mask wearing.
I'd much rather trust their intuition and judgement than governments and media outlets passing the buck to the WHO. |
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No, but we have mountains of evidence from respiratory diseases throughout history, including the common cold and seasonal flu, that distancing lowers transmission.
It's why people are encouraged to stay home from work when they are sick, and why in normal situations, people in lines of work where they cannot afford to stay home from work get sick more often.
Social distancing is one of the oldest public health protocols we have for disease transmission control.
Sure, many old practices for disease prevention amount to nothing but old wives tales, but social distancing likely isn't one of them.