Social Bubbles For COVID-19

Yesterday I came across a report on some latest COVID-19 guidelines in the UK. Amid all the do’s and don’ts was a new(at least for me) term : Bubbles.
A bubble is a group that you make with one other household/family during the current pandemic. The British report gives quite stringent guidance about who to include in your bubble and how to proceed once you have done so.
What I managed to follow from the detailed instructions is that you can make a bubble with a small group of adults living relatively close to you. Then you socially distance from all others except those in your bubble.
You cannot form a bubble with more than one household/family. Once formed, your bubble must not be changed. The logic behind this seems to be to enlarge your group of safe contacts.

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18 thoughts on “Social Bubbles For COVID-19

  1. A relative told me about this concept too. Actually this should work.
    But in india it’s quite difficult as there are joint families. Each bubble will become interconnected … almost lather.. if I can imagine 😊 it becomes emotional. And it will be quite hard to request every member of a family of 6 to maintain the bubble 😅I hope I made sense

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      1. How I wish it fitted mine and I could meet my parents 😊. My bubble is almost complete as two families stay in the same building and one here is a health care worker. So I dare not go out of the bubble 😊

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  2. My parents and I have been seeing each other at least once a week since the pandemic began. After a few months, we began seeing my sister Audrey and her family. It’s a little larger than the recommended bubble, but those remain our only contacts at this point. My sister Amy formed a bubble with someone who lives closer to her (she lives about 45 minutes away from the rest of us) to share child care, so I haven’t seen her or my third niece this entire time.
    Since I live alone, the bubble has been an incredible benefit to my emotional well-being.

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  3. I thought bubbles were a great idea recognising that isolation can be very harmful….except that some people have not applied it properly, thus endangering others.
    Jack is my bubble. Nobody else has set foot into my home. But I have socialised with friends outdoors….walks, picnics etc.
    I am looking forward to seeing my family soon…first time in over six months.

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  4. Thank you for explaining the ‘bubble’ concept! Yes I too will firm-up with a like minded social group and maintain strict guidelines. Regards and be safe.

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