Close Quarters. Covid gave us a new appreciation for the term. Parents crowded in homes with their children; couples worked remotely, with competing needs to Zoom and make phone calls; the elderly locked their doors and ordered via Costco or Amazon. Even when people ventured out, they used their cars as refuge and further confined their spaces by wearing masks. The term, ‘close quarters,’ is a nautical term from the 17th century. ‘Close fights,’ the original wording, describe