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We all love socializing and some love socializing a little more than others. But the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we live, work and socialise and staying in is the new ging out. As coronavirus spreads far and wide, social distancing is the need of the hour. We can learn from the mistakes made by Italy, France, Netherlands and Spain, and work on it.

Parisians ignored their government's plea of social distancing and now coronavirus has blown out of proportion. When France was planning to commence its unseasonal hibernation, they came out to bask under the spring sun. Being a social animal, you might be highly tempted to go out and spend some time with your friends and loved ones. But here are a few things that you must know about social distancing and how it can help in preventing the spread of this coronavirus.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, social distancing is staying away from mass gatherings and keeping a distance of 6 feet or 2 meters when outside. For example, theatres, gyms, swimming pools, schools, and colleges, places of the mass gathering are shut down. Also, social distancing means not touching one another at all - no handshakes, no hugs - nothing. Physical touch apart, sneeze droplets are one of the easiest and quickest ways the virus can spread therefore, as a thumb rule, keep 6-feet of distance between you and others and don’t touch anyone. Social distancing can never guarantee 100 percent non-transmission. However, if you follow some simple rules, you can benefit from it.

If done on a large scale and correctly, social distancing can either break or slow the rate of transmission from one person to another. People can spread the virus for at least five days before they start showing symptoms. Social distancing limits the exposure of infected people meeting non-infected people. The infected people can potentially spread the virus to numerous people, even before they realize they have the virus. You must take your social exposure seriously and quarantine yourself if need be. Now, when there is no vaccine available for coronavirus, social distancing is the best available tool to fight COVID-19. This can help in slowing down the spread of the virus.

Social distancing is something everyone should practice starting now. This will help in preventing the tidal wave of coronavirus cases. Every individual should be doing all they can to protect themselves. Diligently practicing social distancing and significantly changing your public ways until pandemic blows over is all that you need to do now.

Remember, it is a matter of time and this too shall pass. Stay indoors, stay safe, act responsibly and help everyone deal with this pandemic in the best way they can.