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    Social distancing: Coronavirus redefines respecting personal space

    New rules of engagement call for maintaining a gap to prevent possible exposure


    Published:  March 18, 2020 17:08 Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Digital Content Producer

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    Rome: Social distancing could qualify as an oxymoron in Italy, where walking arm-in-arm with friends, kissing neighbors in greeting and patting the heads of babies are part of the demonstrative culture. Image Credit: AP
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    People wait in a line to enter a gun store in Culver City, California.
    But a new virus has rapidly redefined the concept of respecting personal space for tactile Italians, as well as for South Koreans, Filipinos, Americans, Spaniards and citizens of many other crowded parts of the world. Image Credit: AP
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    Customers make a line with shopping carts at a local retail store, March 16, 2020 in New York.
    Whether acting under government orders or following basic public health advice, people are putting distance between themselves to keep the coronavirus away. Image Credit: AP
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    The new rules of engagement call for maintaining a gap of one to two meters (or three to six feet) to prevent possible exposure when an infected individual coughs or speaks. Image Credit: AP
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    People wait in line to vote for local elections March 15, 2020, in Paris.
    The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most of those infected, but severe symptoms are more likely in the elderly or people with existing health problems. The vast majority of those infected recover. Image Credit: AP
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    People line up at a supermarket, in Paris
    The reset norm for an acceptable degree of separation became visible evidence of the pandemic's reach as schools, shopping malls and sports venues closed and opportunities for public encounters dwindled. Image Credit: AP
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    People keep their distance as they queue up in front of a post office in Debrecen, Hungary
    Outside a gun shop in California, a post office in Hungary and a supermarket in Manila, lines lengthened as customers queued up at more or less proper intervals. Image Credit: ap
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    People line up to enter a shop to buy supplies in Barcelona, Spain
    Practicing social distancing at first created confusion among shoppers waiting at a supermarket in Madrid. Some harsh exchanges ensued. But customers soon learned that if they wanted their groceries, they needed to fall into line. Image Credit: ap
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    The safe space standards also reveal how closely humans positioned themselves before. Pastors at a church in Seoul had room to spread out in empty pews after deciding to conduct Sunday services online. Image Credit: AP
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    Journalists at a news conference in Berlin sat in chairs spaced away from one another. Image Credit: AP
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    Enza Garzia, 79, left, talks at a distance with Paola Albano, in central Rome
    A nationwide decree that took effect in Italy last week obliges people to stay at least one meter (about three feet) apart. Overnight, habits of a lifetime and of an entire society were turned upside down. Image Credit: AP
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    People wear masks as they line up to enter a pharmacy, in Rome
    In a country where waiting your turn often equates to elbowing your way to the front of an undisciplined pack, Italians dutifully lined up with breaks in between _ one meter, two meters, sometimes standing across the street from each other to keep stores uncrowded and themselves from getting COVID-19. Image Credit: AP

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