Blowing out the candles on your birthday cake.
We definitely have this tradition for a long, long time, but blowing out the candles on a birthday cake will likely disappear forever. As Hassig has explained, if you think about it, spit all over the cake was disgusting even before the coronavirus pandemic.
But according to Melissa Nolan, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, the singing of ‘Happy Birthday’ can also be very dangerous to our health, as we’re spreading droplets that could contribute to the transmission of respiratory illnesses,
That’s why Nolan would recommend taking the singing outside if possible, but also social distancing just to be safe.
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