Social Distancing - Then, Now And Back Again? Reviving the ancient Art, not modern Science, of building boundaries
As if humanity is not completely overwhelmed by this term, a different though familiar practice of “Social Distancing” is currently being revisited by the faithful.
When the WHO prescribes social distancing, it refers to the practice of maintaining a greater than usual physical distance between people, in order to avoid infection during a pandemic.
In a reinterpretation with a logic of its own, recent trends seem to favour a falling back to the tried and tested practice of distancing: separation from neighbours and communities of social, religious or racial groups that are not classified as the “majority.”