A Physical Distance is Not the Same As a Social Distance

I really dislike the term social distancing because it implies an inherent social hit with following a basic pandemic safety measure, and not only does that not have to be a problem with thoughtful implementation of such measures, but also following such safety measures helps disabled people among others to be less socially isolated. Thus not exerting the effort to physically distance oneself in appropriate ways contributes to socially distancing and isolating disabled people, among others, while simultaneously encouraging people to use the excuse that observing these safety measures inherently socially isolates them. This is not to say that making the implementation of such safety measures compatible with one‘s social life is necessarily always effortless, but that not observing such safety measures should be seen as the agent of social isolation of disabled people that it undeniably is.

Which is to say, that if you want to have a party or host an event, you should be making the effort to mask and/or host an outdoor event and/or stand a few extra feet away from people and/or have a remote attendance option, and asking others to do the same.