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People want to socialize – and not just outdoors, masked, and 6 feet apart.
We're craving a sense of normalcy. We desperately want to forget we're living in a pandemic.
So why aren't we talking more about social bubbles?
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We're craving a sense of normalcy. We desperately want to forget we're living in a pandemic.
So why aren't we talking more about social bubbles?
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The idea with bubbles is that people have just a handful of social contacts, maybe a few friends or one other household.
Everyone keeps up the masks and distancing outside of the bubble, but there's normalcy within it: dinner parties, playdates.
2/ https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/05/why-i-decided-to-join-a-quarantine-bubble-and-you-should-too.html
Everyone keeps up the masks and distancing outside of the bubble, but there's normalcy within it: dinner parties, playdates.
2/ https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/05/why-i-decided-to-join-a-quarantine-bubble-and-you-should-too.html
Social bubbles aren't risk-free. But modeling suggests they could be a viable strategy for keeping the curve flat. And if bubbles can give people enough of a sense of normalcy to forgo crowded bars and house parties, that's a public health win.
3/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-0898-6
3/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-0898-6
Bubbles have been recommended outside of the U.S., but there's no mention of them in the newest @CDCgov guidelines. And the guidance on bubbles in the SF Bay Area asks people to remain outdoors, masked, and distanced, even within the bubble.
4/ https://abc7news.com/san-francisco-social-gatherings-alameda-county-bubbles-bubble-rules-gathering/6233813/
4/ https://abc7news.com/san-francisco-social-gatherings-alameda-county-bubbles-bubble-rules-gathering/6233813/
So why so little guidance on social bubbles?
Maybe public health officials are afraid of promoting risky behavior, the classic concern about harm reduction.
Meanwhile, bars are open. 5/ https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2020/06/15/woman-15-friends-test-positive-for-coronavirus-after-night-out-at-lynchs/
Maybe public health officials are afraid of promoting risky behavior, the classic concern about harm reduction.
Meanwhile, bars are open. 5/ https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2020/06/15/woman-15-friends-test-positive-for-coronavirus-after-night-out-at-lynchs/
