Originally Posted by
KerrAvon
Not everybody observes social distancing.
I went for a walk yesterday and encountered a group of ten or so ****agers having a kick about in a park. I doubt if they were all from the same household. If the police had turned up to break the gathering up, the reaction could have been such that they were left with no choice but to make arrests, which cannot be easily done whilst socially distanced. Those officers might then have gone home to partners who were also going out to essential work. It goes on.
And social distancing does not eliminate transmission. It merely reduces it. Social distancing outside in a breezy, ultra violet rich environment is very effective. Over a prolonged period in an enclosed space with limited ventilation, it is much less effective..