{"id":13098,"date":"2026-02-24T23:44:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=13098"},"modified":"2026-02-24T23:44:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T23:44:58","slug":"why-do-some-doctors-advise-against-kissing-a-deceased-loved-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=13098","title":{"rendered":"Why do some doctors advise against kissing a deceased loved one?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dr. Viktor Ivanovik, a Moldovan physician with 300,000 TikTok followers, went viral after warning people not to kiss deceased loved ones. He explained that harmful bacteria can sometimes remain after death \u2014 especially if the person died from an infection \u2014 and in rare cases could be transmitted through contact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His advice sparked mixed reactions. Some supported the safety warning, while others felt it challenged a deeply meaningful tradition. Across many cultures, touching or kissing the deceased is part of the grieving process, but during infectious outbreaks like COVID-19, health officials have at times advised caution to reduce potential risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Viktor Ivanovik, a Moldovan physician with 300,000 TikTok followers, went viral after warning people not to kiss deceased loved ones. He explained that harmful bacteria can sometimes remain after death \u2014 especially if the person died from an infection \u2014 and in rare cases could be transmitted through contact. His advice sparked mixed reactions. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":13099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}