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Why do we have to stay six feet apart, why is it important, please write a long paragraph I need it for my coronavirus hw

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The coronavirus pandemic has become a global conversation, with certain phrases suddenly becoming everyday vocabulary. There’s one measurement though that everyone seems to be more privy to: 6 feet (2 meters).Why 6 feet? When someone coughs or sneezes, small, sometimes unseeable, drops of liquid are sprayed out. If you’re standing too close, you can breathe them in. Those droplets could contain the coronavirus, if the person coughing is infected, according to the World Health Organization. Six feet is just far enough to be out of reach. What if you’re standing 5 feet away? You’re not protecting yourself properly. The distance of 3 feet to 6 feet from each other is known as the breathing zone. That means people within that space are breathing and exhaling basically the same air. If someone has the virus, they’re essentially exhaling it into the air you’re breathing.

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