Former [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb claimed “nobody knows” where the six feet of social distancing separation recommendation came from. On an interview with CBS’s ''Face The Nation'', Gottlieb indicated the rule was arbitrary and not necessarily based on [[science]]. “Nobody knows where it came from. Most people assume that the six feet of distance, the recommendation for keeping six feet apart, comes out of some old studies related to [[flu]], where droplets don’t travel more than six feet.” | Former [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb claimed “nobody knows” where the six feet of social distancing separation recommendation came from. On an interview with CBS’s ''Face The Nation'', Gottlieb indicated the rule was arbitrary and not necessarily based on [[science]]. “Nobody knows where it came from. Most people assume that the six feet of distance, the recommendation for keeping six feet apart, comes out of some old studies related to [[flu]], where droplets don’t travel more than six feet.” |