1) Staying home in general, is encouraged, so avoiding people as much as possible

2) But if you DO have to go out, #SocialDistancing - you don’t have to get close to anyone, and there are virtually zero crowds anywhere

3) Masks: they hide blushing entirely (blushing/sweating are physical symptoms of social anxiety)

4) If you do still get any kind of pressure to socialize, you have the perfect excuse to decline: you’re too afraid of getting sick

You basically get to hide from, or avoid everyone and everything, and for the first time ever (in your whole life probably), have a little bit of a currently “socially acceptable” reprieve from this constant exhausting, and emotionally painful, disorder