Topic: Hug Bubble

2 chapters across the catalog

Best Exit Strategies
Episode 1786 1:13:00 - 1:15:19

1786: Best Exit Strategies

The Hug Bubble Nursing Home Innovation

In Jumon, France, a nursing home introduced the "Hug Bubble," an inflatable plastic tunnel that allows residents to touch family members safely during the pandemic. The hosts describe the device as "beyond sad" and joke about the missed opportunity to manufacture the plastic sleeves themselves.

BINO
Episode 1301 31:24 - 34:10

1301: BINO

The Hug Bubble Inflatable Nursing Home Tunnel

A nursing home in Jumon, France, introduced the "Hug Bubble," an inflatable plastic tunnel designed to allow residents like 97-year-old Colette Dupas to touch family members safely. While presented by some media as a heartwarming solution to isolation, the device is criticized here as a "disgusting" and "sad" manifestation of extreme social distancing.