Will Some of Us Social Distance Forever?

Photo: Erin Clark/Boston Globe via Getty Images The other night, I went to see a movie with a friend. It wasn’t my first time back in a movie theater since the pandemic began, but the last two times I went, I wore a mask throughout, lowering it only occasionally to quickly eat a handful of popcorn. Masks are no longer required at most businesses, though, so I was free to watch Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock onscreen for two hours, breathing into the air around me.

Ten to 15 percent is a sizable minority — that amounts to between 25 million and 38 million adults in the U.S. And while that group may shrink, it hasn’t yet, and so it seems important to ask why: If one’s risk of contracting or transmitting COVID is negligible — as the survey asks respondents to envision — why wouldn’t they do all the things they did before?

“I do think we’ve seen an uptick in social anxiety and health anxiety as a result of the pandemic,” says Thea Gallagher, an assistant psychiatry professor at NYU Langone Health. “I think if people are saying, ‘I’m going to make my life smaller and do my best to avoid getting sick at all costs, or do my best to avoid situations that make me slightly uncomfortable,’ that could be concerning in the long haul.

Elinor Bock, the founder and director of Therapists of New York, says it’s also important to acknowledge that the shift back to “normalcy” has felt sudden for many people, and it’s understandable that many people have been left reeling. “My sense is that this has all moved very fast for people,” she explains. “It’s not a light switch where now there’s danger, now there’s not.

KTHeaney I'm in that group.

I can't read the damn article but.. Quite possibly yes 😄 Def not a bad option.. At least 'all things considered.' You'll never let yourself down when you're distanced 😄🤷🏼‍♀️ Nothing wrong with sitting alone.. Going it alone... To the Unknown... That Universe in Your Head.

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