{"id":1610552,"date":"2022-08-17T11:33:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T15:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1610552"},"modified":"2022-08-17T11:33:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T15:33:39","slug":"white-house-covid-czar-admits-6-foot-social-distancing-rule-not-the-right-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-covid-czar-admits-6-foot-social-distancing-rule-not-the-right-way\/","title":{"rendered":"White House COVID Czar Admits 6-foot Social Distancing Rule \u2018Not the Right Way\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-covid-czar-admits-6-foot-social-distancing-rule-not-the-right-way%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1610552&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-white-house\">White House<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-covid-19\">COVID-19<\/a> czar Ashish Jha on Tuesday admitted that the six-foot social distancing rule that was implemented in early 2020 isn\u2019t actually effective.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past several years, \u201ca lot of time\u201d was spent \u201ctalking about six feet of distance, 15 minutes of being together. We realize that\u2019s actually not the right way to think about this,\u201d he said during a White House briefing on COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not the most accurate way to think about this,\u201d Jha said, adding that it is about \u201cthe quality of air you\u2019re breathing around you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a crowded indoor area with poor ventilation, people can \u201cget infected\u201d with COVID-19 \u201cin minutes,\u201d Jha said, adding that being outdoors you can be \u201coutside for long periods of time\u201d and not get infected.<\/p>\n<p>Jha made those comments in regards to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/cdc-revises-covid-19-guidelines-in-sweeping-overhaul_4658929.html\">relaxed guidelines<\/a> around COVID-19. That included dropping the six-foot social distancing rule.<\/p>\n<p>The agency last week rescinded a number of rules and made key updates to its recommendations, now stating that\u00a0unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals should\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/new-cdc-covid-19-guidance-is-agency-admitting-it-was-wrong-epidemiologist_4662417.html\">essentially be treated<\/a> the same, while explicitly saying that those with a prior infection have protection against severe illness.<\/p>\n<p>Starting in early 2020, federal health agencies issued a recommendation that people keep at least six feet of distance away from one another. Health departments, businesses, corporations, and schools across the United States then adopted the rule, leading to restrictions such as capacity limits and lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p> \u2018Nobody Knows\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>A former administration for the Food and Drug Administration, Scott Gottlieb, revealed in late 2021 that the six-foot rule was made up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody knows where it came from,\u201d Gottlieb, a Pfizer board member, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/full-transcript-dr-scott-gottlieb-face-the-nation-09-19-2021\/\">CBS News<\/a>. \u201cMost people assume that the six feet of distance, the recommendation for keeping six feet apart, comes out of some<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House COVID-19 czar Ashish Jha on Tuesday admitted that the six-foot social distancing rule that was implemented in early 2020 isn\u2019t actually effective. Over the past several years, \u201ca lot of time\u201d was spent \u201ctalking about six feet of distance, 15 minutes of being together. 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