Elbow bumps are the new handshake amid the novel coronavirus outbreak—especially among officials.
Vice President Mike Pence, who is leading the White House's coronavirus task force, bumped elbows with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and other officials upon his arrival in Tacoma, Washington.
Ken Cuccinelli, right, acting deputy secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, elbow bumps Chairman Ron Johnson to avoid shaking hands due to the coronavirus outbreak, after testifying during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing about pandemics, March 5, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
Governor Jay Inslee greets Vice President Mike Pence, who heads the government's coronavirus task force, with an elbow bump at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington, March 5, 2020.Dr. Dena Grayson, a physician and biochemist who studies pandemic threats, told ABC News she's a huge proponent of the inventive introductions."There's so many videos circulating all over the world of people doing the foot taps and elbow bumps and I think it's fantastic," she said.
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