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[[File: Plague_doctors_beak_shaped_mask.png |thumbthumbnail|left|250px|Figure 2. These bird-like masks helped doctors stay away from people during the Black Death. ]]__NOTOC__
While social distancing is a common phrase used in recent periods, the concept is ancient and as mass pandemics have developed in different periods, it has been the most effective and common form of practice. Some history of this practice is given.
