Have We Been Calling 'Social Distancing' By the Wrong Name All Along?

This week on The Drew Barrymore Show, a revelation: During his nearly episode-long sit-in, Dr. Mehmet Oz suggested that “social distancing” was a horrible phrase and that “physical distancing” was more accurate. This left Barrymore slackjawed and gave her “a true a-ha moment…that I’m really gonna carry with me.” A woman of her word, the next day Barrymore asked noted pandemic forecaster (kind of… he wrote The Stand?) and wordsmith (of sorts) Stephen King: “I am wondering what your opinion is on the fact that we have called it ‘social distancing.’ Was that a mistake? Should we have called it ‘physical distancing?’ Have we created a monster of fear amongst us humans?” King thought this was a really good question.