- Some videos about family members hugging for the first time since the pandemic started have been going viral, clearly touching a nerve.
- In light of this, the New York Times spoke with scientists to ask them how to minimize risk while hugging.
- They created illustrations to show the safest ways to hug. Recommendations include wearing a face mask, not talking, and keeping them short to further reduce the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus via hugging.
Hugs have been a big part of showing you care since practically forever, but theyve unofficially been banned among people outside the same household ever since the COVID-19 pandemic started. But when hugs have happenedand captured on videothose videos have swept the internet up in its warm embrace. For example, a Canadian woman created a "hug glove" out of a clear plastic tarpwith sleevesso she could hug her mom. The video of their hug has been viewed nearly 24,000 times on YouTube.