Cohousing-L Mailing List: Social distancing is a harmful and inaccurate meme

[Fred-List manager (fholson]

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Dear Sharon I don't much care what we replace it with as long as we do not
advocate people to "socially distance" themselves from each other.  People
are now avoiding even saying hello.  Because most people's brains take in
"social distancing" as keep away and avoid interacting.

This idea that only things can maintain physical distance is kind of silly
to me.  Only people have the choice to maintain either physically/spatially
away  or actually avoid even interacting.  And the avoidance of interaction
is justified by "social distancing".  It's ok if you don't see how those
words affect people ok the outside of co housing.  But I see it all over
the place.  People avoiding even LOOKING AT EACH OTHER.