"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

2) I do not think it's right that medieval europeans were the first to socially distance in response to pandemic, but I'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