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How seriously does Singapore take social distancing? It's now codified into law. Anyone who sits or stands less than 1m (3.3ft) away from another person in a public place can be fined up to US$7,000, jailed for up to 6 months or both, as per the new Infectious Diseases Act.

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Nick Szabo

@NickSzabo4

Mar 27, 2020

Exception for parent and child? Family members generally?

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Nick Szabo

@NickSzabo4

Mar 27, 2020

Weird, no exception, not even for a parent carrying a baby or using a stroller. Hastily drafted, hopefully humanely enforced.

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The babies aren't people exemption.

6:45 AM · Mar 27, 2020Twitter Web App

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Joshua Scigala TheStandard.io & Vaultoro.com

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Crawling back all this megalomaniacal legislation after this virus has passed is going to be extremely hard. #PeopleOfTheWorld Social distance voluntarily, don't give governments the excuse to pass laws like this.