2M Rule

[fruitsalad]

A cough and/or sneeze travels further than the 2metres, if a person, doesn't use a hanky either, because they are not quick enough to use it, or just plain bad mannered, so the 2 metres is probably a waste of time in that situation.

[Garden24]

My thoughts exactly!

[david small]

It was an arbitrary distance drummed up to give a sense of control to the fearful. In practice, irrelevant.

[Old_Geezer]

Any distance helps. One has to trust folk have sense enough not to sneeze or cough on others. I suspect most do, but there are always exceptions in society. 2 metres should stop folk breathing directly on you or transferring spittle to you when they speak.

[bhg481]

Everything's a compromise; if they made the 2m rule a 5m rule (say) it would be almost impossible to move outdoors.

[dannyk13]

It won't necessarily be so when all are wearing masks or other face covering.

[david small]

Face masks make more sense from a practical perspective.

[royfromaus]

Then stay further away than 2 metres.

[fruitsalad]

roy I definitely do stay further than 2m the further the better, it's the people who want to get close to me, that bother me the most, I'm thinking of getting a good 2.5 maybe 3m stick and jabbing a few in the ribs when they get to close.

[fruitsalad]

That's after I've asked them, nicely, to move back, which I have needed to a couple of times already this morning, which part of distancing dont people understand.

[Peter Pedant]

someone here suggested one way pavements ( following traffic) which I thought was quite a good idea
and would spare the looks I get as tho I were some blob of infective muck ( I look the part I agree)

[Hopkirk]

At work it is virtually impossible to always keep 2 metres away, as it is when in a supermarket.

[fiction-factory]

I doubt one way pavements would solve everything, pp, especially as near me (rural) many roads only have one pavement anyway (some have none). If someone is coming towards us we can normally see each other and find a suitable gap in the hedge to step into or walk out into the road. What I find more of a problem is when we're walking along at our brisk pace and a family of 4 with maybe a couple of dogs are shuffling along and expect me to walk in the middle of the road to get past them.

The WHO figure is 1m- we chose 2m as it is often used abroad and probably spares us from more than 80% of all particles-and the necessary 8m to avoid 99% would be almost impossible to achieve

[Theland]

Now we have Brexit it should be 6'6''.

[gingejbee]

^^yes, and let's have some more quaint British things back....£sd.,buying electrical stuff without a plug, postage stamps only available in post offices, half-day closing Wednesdays etc.

[douglas9401]

And lard, impetigo too.

[jno]

time to bring back English Sweat now it no longer has to be shared with Europe

https://www.britannica.com/science/sweating-sickness