The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic resulted in social distancing, and this pun was posted on the Sickipedia website on April 26, 2020:

“Social distancing protocols are nothing to be sneezed at.”


Wikipedia: COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in January 2020 and a pandemic in March 2020.

Sickipedia
Social distancing protocols are nothing to be sneezed at.
Joke by NiggerFarage in Illness and Mortality - Coronavirus · April 26, 2020 02:20 PM

Twitter
Tame Gazelle
@TameGazelle
Social distancing protocols are nothing to be sneezed at.
11:00 AM · Apr 26, 2020·Twitter for Android

Twitter
Funky Monkey
@MagicMonkey787
Replying to @SkyNews
Social distancing protocols are nothing to be sneezed at.
11:14 AM · Apr 26, 2020·Twitter Web App

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WSⱯꓛꓤⱯS ꓨNIꓥIꓶ
@SarcasmLiving
Social distancing protocols are nothing to be sneezed at.
11:30 PM · Apr 26, 2020·Twitter for Android

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Matty Harrison
@MattyHarrison3
Social distancing protocols are nothing to be sneezed at.
8:40 AM · Apr 27, 2020·Twitter Web App

Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/VERBERD March 19, 2021
Social distancing protocols are nothing to be sneezed at.