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by dragontamer 1624 days ago
> On the other side of "ridiculous": 6 feet of "social distancing" wasn't enough to begin with

Its not enough for you as an individual.

But such a rule lowers the "blast radius" of who gets infected when a case comes up. People's breath travels like 20 feet. If everyone is 6-feet apart, you only get ~3 people in front of you sick.

If people are ~2 feet apart instead, you infect 300% more people.

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There's a thing about big groups. What's good for the group isn't necessarily what's best for the individual.