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.
People in China found another way to greet since they can't shake hands.
— •*¨*•.¸¸✯*･🍃Ꮙ🍃•*¨*•.¸¸✯*¨ (@V_actually) February 29, 2020
The Wuhan Shake.
I love how people can adapt and keep a sense of humor about stressful situations. pic.twitter.com/P8MSfOdJ2H
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).
When you find out #coronavirus is in NYC. #wuhanshake https://t.co/xQkc5MQbRY pic.twitter.com/FegEbPs8r8
— New York Post (@nypost) March 2, 2020
Various Examples
The #WuhanShake is the hands-free way to greet people that we all need to use right now.https://t.co/9udS7E40cV
— iRadio (@ThisisiRadio) March 3, 2020
Aidan and Oonagh In The Morning have demonstrated how to do it on the videoclip below #AOshow pic.twitter.com/hhYvTUxCWm
“Wuhan Shake”?! Man, that’s just a lazy-ass version of the Kid ‘n Play Kick Step circa 1988. FOH. pic.twitter.com/MnhaKdcqsc
— モノリシック (@monolithic87) March 3, 2020
There’s a variation of it here in America. The Wuhan shake. pic.twitter.com/GagbIQ0BoW
— Greg B 💎 (@GBPtbo) March 1, 2020
Bump elbows… tap feet (aka “Wuhan Shake”) or nod…I'm going jazz hands. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/6V6xwbkc3c
— Michael (@themediastudios) March 3, 2020
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