The New York Times is backtracking on its original stance that staying six feet apart will help keep COVID-19 at bay. Instead, the Times is now suggesting that social distancing may not actually require that much space between individuals to be effective.

Technically, to keep from sharing life-threatening infections, people with CF have to stay 6 feet apart from one another, at a minimum. The 5 feet mentioned in the title seems to get this wrong. But it’s really a reference to the plot: The film’s teenage protagonists fall in love and decide to break the rule to get closer to one another.

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