Elbow bump

2 US Soldiers bumping elbows as a greeting in 2014.

Elbow bumping is a type of greeting where two people lightly touch their elbows together. It is believed that it is less likely to spread germs between two people than a handshake is.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Elbow Bump Media

Justin Trudeau (left) and Boris Johnson (right), Canadian and British Prime Ministers respectively, performing an elbow bump at the 47th G7 summit in 2021.
Nobel prize winner Peter Agre recommends elbow bumping to prevent flu at a meeting of the AAAS in 2009
Dominic Raab (UK's Foreign Secretary) elbow bumps Eva-Maria Liimets (Estonia's Minister of Foreign Affairs) in Tallinn in March 2021

References

↑ Hou, Chia-Yi (2020-03-12). "Handshakes are declining thanks to coronavirus. Here's what's replacing them". TheHill. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
↑ "Breaking News, World News & Multimedia". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
↑ border, Andrew Gumbel at the San Diego-Tijuana (2009-04-29). "Swine flu forces border crossers to swap handshakes for elbow bumps" (in en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/30/swine-flu-mexico-border. Retrieved 2020-05-25.

[1] Hou, Chia-Yi (2020-03-12). "Handshakes are declining thanks to coronavirus. Here's what's replacing them". TheHill. Retrieved 2020-05-25.

[2] "Breaking News, World News & Multimedia". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2020-05-25.

[3] rder, Andrew Gumbel at the San Diego-Tijuana (2009-04-29). "Swine flu forces border crossers to swap handshakes for elbow bumps" (in en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/30/swine-flu-mexico-border. Retrieved 2020-05-25.

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