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Six feet of separation

Before there was the idea of six degrees of separation.

Six degrees of separation is the idea that all people are six, or fewer, social connections away from each other. Also known as the 6 Handshakes rule. As a result, a chain of "a friend of a friend" statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps.

Now we are looking at ZERO handshaking (unless you have some other ailments that causes it to shake involuntarily) and lot of head shaking.

What have we come to?

In places where people density is off the chart  - think India or Hong Kong or Mexico City - or even NY - potentially people might find seats to sit in what used to be crowded commuter trains.  Cannot exactly rush and pile on into the train while staying six feet apart.

Perhaps offices will all stay open 24 hours since people will keep coming to work six feet apart - to get everyone filled in their seats might take a good part of the morning.  Add to that the constant cleaning of chairs and desks and bathrooms - you got a relay race going.

May also mean less traffic on all clogged roads?  I mean why get to work all at the same time and then stand in a freaking line to get in?  Trickle me in would be the norm of the day.

But going back to the degree of separation - we might start enjoying what we got right in our own backyard.. or sofa or bed.. there was a joke about a guy touching a strange woman on the sofa at home and realized it was his wife.

Quarantined souls will have to make do with what they got.

American football will be played with helmets and N95 as standard equipment.  Any face contact is an immediate flag and the players are put on ventilators for the entire season - which will be housed in the box seats.

Basketball will simply be played in outdoor arenas with players wearing N95 masks and gloved players.  Audience will only be allowed in a drive in type setting to watch it and leave.

A vaccine whenever it is developed will be one of many that might come down the road as the virus mutates to a newer version faster than an Apple app dot release.

Brilliant engineers will finally put the finishing touches on personal helicopters that run on solar energy and people will begin traveling in much smaller units to distances farther than their office (which in some cases is already a day long affair round trip).  Likely a lot of office going will entirely stop.  No point.  Likely lot of offices will vanish.  Ergo more space to house the homeless.

Tennis will be played with a new ball for every point with gloved players.  No point if you ask me - likely will be entirely scrapped.

My honest opinion - burials might also have to be looked at again - although you go six feet under - what are the chances of six pallbearers standing six feet apart?

I think 'stretchers are us' will be the biz model to go with.  One dude upfront one six feet behind... move and cremate so as not to let the covid fester.

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