"Drs. Hatchett and Mecher were proposing instead that Americans in some places might have to turn back to an approach, self-isolation, first widely employed in the Middle Ages." #Medievaltwitter /1 https://twitter.com/bbierschbach/status/1253140653376233474">https://twitter.com/bbierschb...

2) I do not think it& #39;s right that medieval europeans were the first to socially distance in response to pandemic, but I& #39;m not an expert in pandemic in antiquity or elsewhere in the pre-modern world. Perhaps @monicaMedHist knows?

3) I do think the commitment to social distancing among the vast majority of Americans is astounding, runs against the grain of American society (in a positive way), and should be celebrated. https://twitter.com/Lollardfish/status/1252625816313348104?s=20">https://twitter.com/Lollardfi...