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Social distancing may be our only hope

Post Reports

The Washington Post

Daily News, Politics, News

4.45.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Lena Sun clears up what “social distancing” means and why it’s important. William Wan explains why it’ll probably take months — not weeks — for the coronavirus threat to subside. And Caroline Kitchener with tips on how to talk to friends about staying home. 

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0:00.0

From the newsroom of the Washington Post.

0:05.0

Hello, hey, you're here to visit back from the Washington Post.

0:09.0

Hi, this is Bafferine, heard of the Washington Post.

0:11.0

Glory are turning over the post.

0:13.0

I'm...

0:14.0

This is Post Reports.

0:15.0

I'm Martin Powers.

0:17.0

It's Tuesday, March 17th.

0:21.0

Today, what social distancing really means.

0:27.0

How long all of this could last?

0:29.0

And how to talk to your friends about staying home?

0:36.0

When I went to the grocery store the other day,

0:38.0

I made sure to stay away from other people.

0:42.0

I actually have a pair of fine gloves that I wear

0:46.0

so that I'm not touching any surface that could have virus on it.

0:50.0

So when I'm doing the touch screen, I checked out that way,

0:53.0

came home, took off the gloves, washed my hands.

0:57.0

But more important, I am not going out in groups at all.

1:02.0

I've been taking walks in the neighborhood with a friend,

1:05.0

but we've been keeping our distance.

1:12.0

My name is Lena Sun.

1:13.0

I'm a reporter for the Washington Post.

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