Discuss the importance of COVID-19 social distancing to “flatten the curve.”

You are responsible for one post to the course website discussion board where you apply the insights from one of the course readings to a news story in the Los Angeles Times. Posts should not be longer than 200 words and should include a link to the article. A post receiving a 5/5 will very briefly describe the issue or process explored in the reading (2 points) while using concepts from the reading to briefly analyze a contemporary issue discussed in a Los Angeles Times article (3 points). Here is an example: “In The Division of Labor in Society, Emile Durkheim describes organic solidarity as a form of societal interdependence that prioritizes weak rather than strong social ties. In [title of article], [author] discusses the importance of COVID-19 social distancing to “flatten the curve.” In a society that is characterized by mechanical solidarity it might be more difficult to socially distance given how social solidarity is created by face-to-face interaction. While Durkheim worries that anomie might be a byproduct of organic solidarity, this “new” form of social organization might be the reason why the pandemic was not worse in urban areas across the world.”