“Why did the cannibal die of COVID-19?”/“Too many handshakes.”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic made many people avoid handshakes. A cannibal possibly makes handshakes (a shake containing hands).
   
A riddle was posted on Reddit—Jokes on April 4, 2020:
   
Q: Why did the cannibal die of COVID-19?
A: Too many handshakes.
   
“What is a customary greeting from a cannibal?”/“He presents you with a handshake” is a related cannibal joke.
 
   
Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.
     
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Y2KoNo April 4, 2020
Why did the cannibal die of COVID-19?
Too many handshakes
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/Y2KoNo April 4, 2020
Why did the cannibal die of COVID-19?
Too many handshakes
   
Twitter
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Why did the cannibal die of COVID-19?
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Why did the cannibal die of COVID-19?
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10:00 PM · Apr 4, 2020·Haha.Cafe
 
Twitter
Yazan PrinceOfArabia
@The_ArabGuy
Why did the cannibal die from the corona?
Too many hand-shakes….
12:03 AM · Apr 5, 2020·Twitter Web App