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Don’t shake hands! Don’t hug anyone! ________ order to slow the spread of COVID-19, we’re advised to avoid physical contact（接触） as ________ as possible. Some of us have been ________ to more creative ways of greeting one another, such as a friendly wave from two meters away. We are not sure when this pandemic（流行病） will end. But ________ more people get their vaccines（疫苗）, we may soon be able to get back to hugging, shaking hands ans kissing cheeks. But ... should we?

We are ________ from a young age that it is impolite not to shake hands when we meet people. But Ashley Peterson, a doctor in the United States, thinks we should be more careful about how we greet people. Not ________ likes to be hugged.

Peterson says now is the perfect time for parents to guide their kids in making ________ about how to greet people. The idea is not to ________ hugs and handshakes. If your kids want to hug others, they should. If they feel ________ about hugging, they can use other ways to greet people.

Anthony Fauci, a health educator, holds a stronger opinion. He thinks we should never shake hands again. “We’ve got to ________ that custom,” he says. “That is really one of the major（主要的） ways to pass on an illness.”