The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic caused many to “socially distance” themselves from others. People tried to come up with jokes, and this was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on March 22, 2020:
   
“I tried to come up with a joke about social distancing. This is as close as I could get.”
     
     
Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/FinalCaveat March 22, 2020
I tried to come up with a joke about social distancing.
This is as close as I could get.
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tgc2005
I’m getting 6 feet away from this joke
 
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Soulshakers
@realsoulshakers
I tried to come up with a joke about social distancing.
This is as close as I could get.
3:31 PM · Mar 22, 2020·Twitter Web App
 
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Matt Dalzell
@britdjmatt
Replying to @KJBruins
Thanks. I tried to come up with a joke about social distancing. This was as close as I could get
4:12 PM · Mar 22, 2020·Twitter Web App
 
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netflix and will
@willliamnash
I tried to think of a joke about social distancing but this was as close as I could get.
4:16 PM · Mar 22, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
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PunHub
@PunHubOnline
I tried to come up with a joke about social distancing.
This is as close as I could get.
4:20 PM · Mar 22, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
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Beryl McFadden‎ to Punmanship: A Salute to Bennett Cerf and other inveterate punsters.
March 22, 2020
I was going to make a joke about social distancing. This was as close as I could get.