I think my point is being misunderstood. 6 feet is not enough, at all.

Yeah it's "more than nothing" but is that what we should be aiming for? Or a little higher.

Ok, sure. Its just that its popular to post rags on the recommendations like they don't matter. Without any actionable suggestions. Which is not very helpful.

there's an element of "what will people actually do". 6 feet gets the idea across while not coming across as "don't be in the same room as other people", which people will ignore.

What's the proper distance?

There may not be any safe distance in the same room/area with someone who is infected even asymptomatic without fever (yet)

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/health/aerosol-coronavirus-sp...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronaviru...