Miss hugs? Touch forms bonds and boosts immune systems. Here’s how to cope without it during coronavirus
- Written by Michaela Pascoe, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Mental Health, Victoria University
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Don’t shake hands, don’t high-five, and definitely don’t hug.
We’ve been bombarded with these messages during the pandemic as a way to slow the spread of COVID-19, meaning we may not have hugged our friends and family in months.
This might be really hard for a lot of us, particularly if we live...