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Greg Evans
May 22, 2020
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A year ago the phrase 'social distancing' would have been alien to even the most informed of medical experts.
Nowadays it's all you hear about.
Whether you are shopping, on public transport, or going for a walk it is imperative that you keep two metres apart from someone that you don't live within order to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Now that lockdown measures are being eased, the importance of social distancing is greater than ever but it would still seem that some people haven't quite got a grip on what constitutes a two-metre gap.
So, in order to help, Downing Street has released a handy guide which informs you just how much of a gap you should keep from others which is:
- 1 bed
- 2 benches
- 3 fridges
- 4 chairs
Keep 2 metres apart when you go outside. That’s: 🔴 1 bed 🔴 2 benches 🔴 3 fridges 🔴 4 chairs #StayAlert— UK Prime Minister (@UK Prime Minister) 1590139301
Sorry, what?
Yes, it would appear that the government is now using furniture and household appliances to get the message of social distancing across but judging by the response, people are more confused than ever.
Measuring things by the width of a fridge is amazing, well done everyone https://t.co/BU2BxzEz85— keewa (@keewa) 1590140857
Four chairs good; two chairs bad. https://t.co/OLuRlwntLx— alexmassie (@alexmassie) 1590141927
what if i have a tiny gnome bed, for gnomes https://t.co/U1E47HM581— Chris Boyd 🇬🇧🇵🇠(@Chris Boyd 🇬🇧🇵ðŸ‡) 1590141827
Not even @Ed_Miliband has *three* fridges. https://t.co/iKZfIQGDLg— Robert Hutton (@Robert Hutton) 1590141537
Because it's easier to gauge the length of 3 invisible fridges* on the floor, out of context, than it is 2m. *comes… https://t.co/b34GimbKRp— Richard Littler (@Richard Littler) 1590140972
Benches are long though https://t.co/kExKEjthbh https://t.co/YATYu6vhRO— James Shinfah Wan (@James Shinfah Wan) 1590142308
Am confused about apparently standardised bench size https://t.co/festlxAHZf— Hugo Rifkind (@Hugo Rifkind) 1590141420
Or 1 caribou They forgot the caribou https://t.co/qV5IyuZ20B https://t.co/qXE7vZSEaP— Nick (@Nick) 1590142302
Worst 12 Days of Christmas ever https://t.co/W3Dd6fIrrB— Ian Ford (@Ian Ford) 1590140323
@10DowningStreet who owns 3 fridges that they can carry around with them— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) 1590142147
@10DowningStreet 1 coffin— Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺 (@Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺) 1590140976
🔴 1.06 Jacob Rees-Moggs https://t.co/8XlDTzhtuC https://t.co/Sh5YzrRS8h— Graham Cluley (@Graham Cluley) 1590143396
Because no-one would know what you meant if you said 'Roughly six feet'. https://t.co/Pz6jxpUXG1— Geoff Norcott (@Geoff Norcott) 1590143014
So many questions, so many variables, so little time.
Still, if anyone knows the true width of a fridge it's Boris Johnson...
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