The government, media organizations and meme creators have all embraced the term “social distancing” when discussing how to stem the coronavirus pandemic. But Daniel Aldrich, a professor of political science and public policy at Northeastern University, is concerned that the term is misleading and that its widespread usage could be counterproductive. The World Health Organization has come to the same conclusion. Last week, it started using the term Aldrich prefers: “physical distancing.”
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上記WaPo記事にあるように、social distancingという表現が「社会的つながりを絶ち切ること」と解釈されうることについての懸念から生じた代替表現。うちら外国語としての英語利用者にとってもsocialよりphysicalのほうがわかりやすくてよいと思う。WHOが採用したとのことで、これからはphysicalが定着するか……
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