
How to cautiously hug in the pandemic, now that it's allowed in the UK
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UK officials will give residents the green light to resume "cautious hugging." It's curious guidance for Brits, who are famously reserved, but it's a milestone that benefits both fully vaccinated and unvaccinated people who've missed physical touch during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Yep, we can hug each other again. Next week, UK officials will give residents the green light to resume "cautious hugging." It's curious guidance for Brits, who are famously reserved, but it's a milestone that benefits both fully vaccinated and unvaccinated people who've missed physical touch during the Covid-19 pandemic. What exactly constitutes "cautious hugging," and who needs to exercise caution, is less clear. While the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not released guidance on hugging yet, we asked two physicians in the US who've followed Covid-19 since the beginning -- CNN medical analyst Dr. Leana Wen and Vanderbilt University infectious diseases professor Dr. William Schaffner -- about what a safe snuggle looks like.More Related News

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