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Social isolation is a state of complete or near-complete lack of contact between an individual and society.It differs from loneliness, which reflects temporary and involuntary lack of contact with other humans in the world. [1]
Isolation (physical, social or emotional) is often used to facilitate power and control over someone for an abusive purpose.This applies in many contexts such as workplace bullying, [1] [2] elder abuse, [3] [4] domestic abuse, [5] [6] child abuse, [7] [8] and cults.
Social distancing, or physical distancing, [2] [3] [4] is a set of non-pharmaceutical interventions or measures taken to prevent the spread of a contagious disease by maintaining a physical distance between people and reducing the number of times people come into close contact with each other.
“People isolate when they get their housing. They don’t have the services and everything that they need while they’re in their housing, and then they lose their housing.
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The CDC plans to ease its guidance on how long people need to isolate after they test positive for COVID-19, according to reports. ... If you test positive, stay home for at least five days and ...
A video explaining social distancing from the California Department of Parks and Recreation.. The American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have described social distancing as a set of "methods for reducing frequency and closeness of contact between people in order to decrease the risk of transmission of disease". [10]
Isolate (disambiguation) Isolator (disambiguation) Isolationism; Uncontacted peoples, indigenous peoples living in isolation from the external world; Solitary confinement, a special form of imprisonment in which a prisoner is isolated from most or all human contact; Solitude, a state of seclusion or isolation, i.e., lack of contact with people