Today is Father’s Day. A special day for families around the country who want to celebrate the amazing dad or father figure in their lives. But if you are strictly quarantining (like you’re supposed to be doing) and haven’t been seeing your father or children either out of an abundance of caution or because they are in a high risk category then it may not be such a special day this year. Social distancing and quarantining has been hard on all of us but today is one of those days where the impact will especially be felt.
So, what recourse do we have? Is there another way that would let us see our loved ones again? On a more consistent basis? So that we can add some much needed social interactions back into our routines? Well, as it turns out there may be. All you’d have to do is establish a social bubble.
As Fast Company puts it:
“After three months of lockdowns, many people in the U.S. and around the world are turning to quarantine bubbles, pandemic pods, or quaranteams in an effort to balance the risks of the pandemic with the emotional and social needs of life.
When done carefully, the research shows that quarantine bubbles can effectively limit the risk of contracting COVID-19 while allowing people to have much-needed social interactions with their friends and family.”
Adds MIT Technology Review:
“Bubbles delay peak infection rate by 37%, decrease the height of the peak by 60%, and result in 30% fewer infected individuals overall…The researchers suggest that bubbles work well because they are built on a deliberate choice about who you will and won’t interact with, rather than depending on less deliberate social or geographic ties, which are more easily broken.”
Granted, it won’t be easy to pull off a totally fool proof social bubble. Living alone I can 100% guarantee that I will be socially distancing and wearing a mask when I go out. If I start hanging out with a few close friends can I still guarantee 100% safety for myself? Probably not. But in theory if everyone in my chosen group is being safe and we’re only seeing each other then perhaps our limited social bubble would be safe. At least to a certain extent. Which begs the question: who out there wants to start a social bubble with me? Any takers? Bueller? Bueller?
Is a Social Bubble the Greatest Idea Ever?
And with COVID-19 dragging on and even getting worse in some areas it may be unlikely that you’ll even be able to see them anytime soon either. what recourse do you have to try and see them?
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