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According to the WHO, people should stop using the elbow bump greeting and switch to the more distancing-friendly hand on heart gesture. What do you think? I guess it makes sense because even though bumping elbows cuts down on direct contact transference of the virus, it still brings you closer than 1 metre and those pesky droplets. Though to be honest, most people I see don’t really pay much attention to this when amongst friends. Me? I’m still skittish around pretty much everybody.
I actually think the hand on heart gesture is quite elegant and hope it catches on. And when you are extra happy to see someone you can put both hands on your heart, which is something I find I do spontaneously at times already. ❤️
casa azahar 
You may remember the ceramic “Namaste” plaque beside my front door, which I still have. The greeting that goes with that word — which means, in seven letters, “the Divine in me greets the Divine in you” — is both hands together, in an attitude of prayer, in front of the heart, usually canted a little to one side. It’s perfect, and delighted the East Indian occupational therapist who paid me one visit when I got home from hospital in June. We did not shake hands and maintained social distance, but greeting and farewell were perfectly managed.
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Namaste is a lovely greeting, much like the traditional Japanese one. Hope it catches on!
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I love this greeting. I don’t get the need for physical contact when meeting people anyway, I’m not much of a hugger. A smile and a “hello” work for me, but I do like the idea of the hand on heart. I hope it catches on too.
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