Science is a tool, that's all. It can inform our decisions but it can't — and shouldn't — make decisions for us. There are some questions science cannot answer.

Far from the response to SARS-CoV, the unprecedented global restrictions associated with COVID-19 have had unknown benefits so far. At this stage, however, we can clearly identify some of the huge costs we’ve paid — biologically, economically and more.

It’s important to note that these positive scientific discoveries were only realized because the heroic villagers of Eyam quarantined themselves inside the town with the infected. Unlike our current practice of social distancing, they did not cut themselves off from one another.

Let's talk about the health benefits of physical touch and it's implications for social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.