The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic resulted in social distancing requirements that people should be six feet apart from one another.
   
“Better six feet apart than six feet under” was posted on Twitter by DBarenholtz on March 10, 2020. “Better 6 feet apart Than 6 feet under!” was posted on Twitter by (((Pat O’Leary))) on March 15, 2020. “Six feet under” means that one is dead (six feet under the ground). The saying has been printed on several images.
   
“Better to be 6 feet away than 6 feet under” was posted on Twitter by David on March 12, 2020. “Better 6 feet away than 6 feet under…” was posted on Twitter by Claude Falardeau on March 17, 2020. “Social Distancing - better six feet away than six feet under!” was posted on Twitter by Jack Urowitz later on March 17, 2020.
       
“Why’s a graveyard the safest place in quarantine?”/“Everybody’s 6 feet away” is another “graveyard—six feet under” saying.
 
     
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.
       
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DBarenholtz
@Dbarenholtz1
Replying to @ChuckRossDC
“Better six feet apart than six feet under.”
11:05 PM · Mar 10, 2020·Twitter for Android
     
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David
@LowBrassDude93
Replying to @mr_jasonjones
Better to be 6 feet away than 6 feet under
12:47 AM · Mar 12, 2020·Twitter Web App
 
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Ken Marshall Rat 馬康澤
@kendouhua
Replying to @StraitOuttaMinn and @NilesGApol
Better six feet apart than six feet under
2:47 PM · Mar 13, 2020·Twitter for Android
   
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(((Pat O’Leary)))
@theoleary
My new slogan:
“Better 6 feet apart
Than 6 feet under!”
6:10 AM · Mar 15, 2020·Twitter for Android
     
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Natalie D’Silva
@DSilvaNatalie
New t-shirt Electric light bulb: Better to stay 6 feet away than 6 feet under
#SelfIsolation
11:52 AM · Mar 15, 2020·Twitter for Android
 
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Alana Toner
@alana_toner
Replying to @audreyhasnews @audreycoopersf and @hknightsf
Rather 6 feet apart than 6 feet under. Social distancing for the greater good.
1:18 PM · Mar 15, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
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Claude Falardeau
@ClaudeFalardeau
Better 6 feet away than 6 feet under…
Stay safe..
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Claude Falardeau
@ClaudeFalardeau
· Mar 17
photo by me
11:17 AM · Mar 17, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Jack Urowitz
@4jackster
Social Distancing - better six feet away than six feet under!
8:15 PM · Mar 17, 2020·Twitter Web App
 
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Dale Ivan Smith
@daleivan
My new motto for social distancing: “Better six feet apart than six feet under”
@wnwagner @RebeccaStefoff @jenwillis#flatteningthecurve #stayhomechallenge
2:26 PM · Mar 18, 2020·Twitter Web App
 
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Jeanne Rhea
@jeannerhea
Rather be six feet apart than six feet under.  #6FeetApartOrSixFeetUnder#coronavirus#LloydZCrowArt#SocialDistancing
7:25 PM · Mar 21, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
San Francisco (CA) Chronicle
Better 6 feet away than 6 feet under
By Elizabeth Blackburn March 23, 2020 Updated: March 26, 2020 12:08 p.m.
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As my sister said to me on our recent checking-in phone call: Better 6 feet apart than 6 feet under.
   
The Sun (London, UK)
JANE MOORE Better 6ft apart than 6ft under… so stay at home during the coronavirus crisis
Jane Moore
8 Apr 2020, 0:01Updated: 8 Apr 2020, 0:02
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Or to put it bluntly, better six feet apart than six feet under.
   
The Wilson Times (Wilson, NC)
COVID-19 COMMUNITY UPDATE
It’s better to be 6 feet away than 6 feet under
By Carlton Stevens
Posted 4/15/20
 
Cordele (GA) Dispatch
Columnist Bill Milby shares some COVID-19 ‘Good Humor’
By admin
Published 11:38 am Wednesday, April 15, 2020
(...)
Better 6 feet apart than 6 feet under….
 
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Jill Wine-Banks
@JillWineBanks
Just heard @GovWhitmer perfect handling of Trump-encouraged protesters who were shoulder to shoulder objec]ting to social distancing. She said, “
Better to be 6 feet apart than 6 feet under.”
11:42 PM · Apr 17, 2020·Twitter for Android
 
Wilmington (DE) News Journal
POSTED ON MAY 11, 2020 BY WILMINGTON NEWS JOURNAL
Better 6 feet apart than 6 feet under
LETTERS
(...)
Many people survive the virus, but more have died in a few months from it than died in the Vietnam War. Some people are mildly affected while others die from it. Who is willing to take that chance? How many of those who think the virus is a hoax is willing to refuse medical care should they contact the virus? Personally, I prefer to wear a mask and be six feet apart, than six feet under.
Don Spurling
Wilmington
 
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Leslie Albrecht
@LeslieA35634609
Seen on local business’s bulletin board:  Better 6 feet apart than 6 feet under.
3:24 PM · Jul 3, 2020·Twitter for Android