On Mar 15, 2020, at 12:29 AM, HN Cheng <hncheng100**At_Symbol_Here**gmail.com> wrote:

Another possibility is the shaka sign, often used in Hawaii and New Zealand.  It consists of extending the thumb and smallest finger while holding the three middle fingers curled, and gesturing in salutation.  

H.N.

On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 7:34 PM <pzavon**At_Symbol_Here**rochester.rr.com> wrote:

Your daughter makes an excellent point, although I note that some lists of advice recently have called for using a tissue and discarding it promptly. (Of course, last time around they recommended against tissues because they don't hold up well against a sneeze.  I wonder who forgot what on that point.)

 

Social distancing includes staying 6 feet (2 meters) apart as much as possible.  That would seem to  exclude bumping elbows and touching feet as well as shaking hands.  Even a fist bump is breaking that distance "bubble" unless done at full arms' length.

 

I like Spock's Vulkan Salute, or perhaps the Japanese form of greeting, a short, slight mutual bow from the waist.

 

 

Peter Zavon, CIH
Penfield, NY

PZAVON**At_Symbol_Here**Rochester.rr.com

 

 

From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU> On Behalf Of Ernest Lippert
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2020 7:25 PM
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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Bumping Elbows

 

My grandson  said "Spock's salute is The One True Greeting". My daughter made the following observation:

I just want to point out that bumping elbows is a really bad idea. We teach kids, and do ourselves, to cough and sneeze into our forearm/crook of our elbow. That makes that part of the body something I don't want to get anywhere close to!  I recommend the "Wuhan handshake" where you touch feet - or just be content with a gentlemanly nod and smile. Social distancing means no shaking hands, or bumping elbows, or even touching feet! But smiles can travel across that distance!

 

Ernest Lippert

 

 

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