Abstract
Slogans like ‘stay safe, stay apart’ stare at us at train stations, shopping malls, community centres and the like. The link between safety and separation has become a theme over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic. The social units to be separated are the household and the bubble, the former an established social unit, the latter a pandemic creation. During the pandemic, strict rules govern (i) household mixing, including variously the rule of 1 other person, the rule of 6 and the rule of one other household, (ii) shielding, which is a prohibition on mixing, and (iii) bubbles, including childcare, care and support bubbles. These rules were perceived in various ways by the population subjected to them, with one prominent theme being the restriction of personal freedom (Duffy 2020). Three research questions emerge from this situation: (i) (How) does the household as a social unit fit into modern-day society?(ii) What is the process of defining successfully a basic social unit?(iii) (How) can one persuade people to trade their liberty for safety?
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