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The coronavirus has taught us many different ways of spreading. If droplet transmission and contact transmission are understandable, aerosol transmission and fecal-mouth transmission are really confusing by name. What exactly are aerosol-transmitted and fecal-mouth transmission. “Does anyone really eat shit?” It is the true confusion of my friends in the circle of faeces.

But no matter what new transmission methods are found in the study, everyone is doing a good job of preventing droplet transmission and contact transmission. Wearing a mask, washing your hands frequently, and not going out are all effective prevention methods. In this case, the domestic people chose to squat at home in order to “suffocate” the dead virus. The foreign people are worried, and they have avoided the etiquette such as shaking hands.

WMC has just announced its cancellation, but before the cancellation, the organizers of MWC recommended Participants avoid handshake to prevent the virus from spreading.

In Alberta, Canada, there are at least two low-level alliances of The football team decided to stop shaking hands after the game because they were concerned that the new coronavirus would spread through contact.

Even of the 7 cases confirmed in Canada, none are in Alberta.

And in Silicon Valley, the Andreessen Horowitz fund, which has invested in star companies such as Facebook, Airbnb, and Slack, puts a big slogan on its door-don’t shake hands because of the corona virus. They are clearly ahead of the official health agencies, after all, prevention guidelines in disease prevention and control have not yet stated that “basic contact” with asymptomatic people should be avoided.

The general manager of the airshow organizer Experia Events Leck Chet Lam also discourages The handshake policy is regarded as the basic equipment : “The Singapore Air Show 2020 adopted a non-contact policy to encourage participants to use other business greetings throughout the event instead of traditional handshake.”

It is said that the history of handshake goes back to 5 BC, which at that time proved to strangers that you are defenseless and malicious. But when the coronavirus broke out, this kind gesture was no longer friendly.

But instead of shaking hands, there are many more ways to express friendship, such as eyes or gestures, and those gestures can spread even fewer germs. UK researchers found , “Bumping fist” passes 90% fewer bacteria than a normal handshake, and the number of bacteria passed by high five is half of the handshake. As long as you pay attention, there is no risk.

Lisa Maragakis, senior director of the Johns Hopkins Health System Infection Prevention Center, said the risk of shaking hands is related to people’s hand hygiene habits. If people wash their hands often and sneeze at their elbows, shaking hands is not so dangerous. Conversely, handshake is very susceptible to germs.