In reply: Physical distancing or social distancing: that is the question.

For example, during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, the Health Commissioner of New York City declared, “...my aim was to prevent panic, hysteria, mental disturbance, and thus to protect the public from the condition of mind that in itself predisposes to physical ills.” 3 In the current coronavirus disease pandemic, effects on population mental health may be significant.

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