Paul Dawson, a professor in Food Systems and Safety at Clemson University in South Carolina, believes that COVID-19 should make people reconsider whether they want to celebrate their birthday by blowing candles and sharing the cake with loved ones.“I kind of think might be the end of the birthday tradition of having a big birthday cake and multiple candles and blowing around it,” he told CTVNews.ca in a phone interview.
“Clearly blowing out birthday candles is going to deposit oral, not just bacteria, but whatever's being involved in the mouth,” he said. “I've kind of gotten in friendly arguments with some people saying, ‘Well, if someone blows on your food just before you eat it, then you're likely going get exposed to it,’ and this is the example of that,” he said.
So, I have a hobby of scrolling through Twitter and laughing at all the ridiculous news stories and I gotta say... this one takes the cake.
birthday candles expert
Who is the expert in birthday candles? Nine year old
Charlie_Senack No it’s always been ruined
Take a picture with the cake. Place the candles on the slice of the person celebrating their brithday. They make a wish blow them out, crisis averted.
Good riddens !! Stupid to blow on food anyways
'..thinks so' Does CTV just throw a dart at a board now on what to report? I would be embarrassed to work at CTV, CBC, or Global now.
What Covid19 has done, by this one expert, is clearly demonstrate that the media exists to stroke fear and panic among the ignorant, gullible, stupid and hysterical.
Plus....I don’t even like cake....totally over rated.
Why I never eat the cake....and go straight to the ice cream. Don’t need some like spitting all over my cake.
This was never appetizing, covid or not 🤮
No. We still put them on the cake but the person has to wave it out with a paper plate instead of blowing it out.
fan
Just one expert?
You’re a joke !! One expert...lol.
No
I stopped eating stuff other people blew their saliva over when I was a kid. Grossed me out then. I enjoy cupcakes for birthday parties.
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