# 12-18 months of social distancing realistic?

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [March 22, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-18-months-of-social-distancing-realistic/849986 "2020-03-22T03:21:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-18-months-of-social-distancing-realistic/849986/1 "2020-03-22T03:27:32Z")

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A interesting perspective:

[I Spent a Year in Space, and I Have Tips on Isolation to Share  
Take it from someone who couldn’t: Go outside.](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/opinion/scott-kelly-coronavirus-isolation.html)

By Scott Kelly  
Mr. Kelly is a retired NASA astronaut who spent nearly a year on the International Space Station.

March 21, 2020

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> Being stuck at home can be challenging. When I lived on the International Space Station for nearly a year, it wasn’t easy. When I went to sleep, I was at work. When I woke up, I was still at work. Flying in space is probably the only job you absolutely cannot quit.
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> But I learned some things during my time up there that I’d like to share — because they are about to come in handy again, as we all confine ourselves at home to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. Here are a few tips on living in isolation, from someone who has been there.