Wuhan Shake

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About

Wuhan Shake is a viral video of a number of men in China touching feet to greet each other rather than shaking hands. The Wuhan Shake, created in February 2020, is used to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus through handshaking.

Origin

On February 29th, 2020, Twitter user @V_actually shared a video of men doing the Wuhan Shake with the caption, "People in China found another way to greet since they can't shake hands. The Wuhan Shake. I love how people can adapt and keep a sense of humor about stressful situations" (shown below). The post garnered over 1,900 likes and 1,100 retweets in three days.

Spread

On February 29th, 2020, Twitter users began responding to the video of the Wuhan Shake. Twitter user @CountryOfTexas1^[2] tweeted "Be prepared for a mass outbreak of athlete's foot! Gonna call it OldFeet-19" while Twitter user @MikeDankson^[3] tweeted, "People in San Francisco can't do this – for the fecal matter on their feet" (shown below).

On March 2nd, Redditor ufohitchhikeer reposted the video to r/Coronavirus^[1]. That same day, New York Post posted their TikTok to Twitter of two employees performing their own rendition of the Wuhan Shake (shown below).

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