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No kisses, no hugs on this first day of school to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. How many parents and children will have greeted each other today with the now well established touch of the elbow? a typical gesture, also adopted by heads of state in this period of pandemic. But the director of the World Health Organization, Thedrons Adhanom Ghebreyesus reminds with a retweet that it is better to avoid the elbow salute because we get closer than a meter from the other person and suggests that put a hand on your heart to greet the loved ones we know.
The #WHO He advises against greeting with the elbow: the best thing is to put your hand to your heart. The Director of WHO, @DrTedros, reject this greeting because the safe distance is not kept and the virus may be transmitted through the skin pic.twitter.com/eRn1Q57K2F
– D ???? Or ????? (@DianaOrtegaG) September 13, 2020
Warning already in March
Already in March Ghebreyesus had issued the same warning and now he is again drawing attention to the careless salute with the elbows when sharing a tweet from the economist. Diana Ortega, at a time when infections around the world are hitting record highs and maybe someone is paying attention to enforcing the rules of social distancing.
– When greeting people, it is better to avoid bumps in the elbows because they put you 1 meter from the other person. I like to put my hand on my heart when I greet people these days.
– Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) March 7, 2020
What happens at the Sassari conservatory
As reported The impression The Sassari Conservatory has decided to ban what it defines as an unwary habit because the objective is to guarantee absolute health security for students and teachers. According to President Ivano Iai, the custom of greeting each other with elbows that are extended in different social contexts violates the prohibition of physical contact and interhuman approach. Do they force us to cough and sneeze into our elbow to avoid contagion and then make us use it to greet each other, risking infection? Sneezing into the inner part of the elbow and using the outer part to greet others would result in a parallel and promiscuous use of the ulnar joint that could be a source of risk and cause of contagion, since it is neither hygienic nor safe. In short, not even the elbows greeted us. WHO says it. Better (for now) the hand on the heart.
September 14, 2020 (change September 14, 2020 | 10:50 am)
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