The Danger of Pseudo Distancing

Chelsey K. Burden
5 min readJun 8, 2020

Has “social distancing” become a trendy label that masks true risk?

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Lost

As businesses re-open around the US, I feel lost. Workplaces, businesses, and politicians don’t seem to offer trustworthy guidance on what is safe to actually do. They all have ulterior motives and reasons to not care about the collateral damage. How do we figure this out for ourselves?

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Chelsey K. Burden

★Self-help & Sociology★ Freelance writer and proofreader. Creative Writing MFA. Sociology + Women's & Gender Studies B.S.