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Fist bump can pound out flu transmission
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/sto...pound-flu.html

Instead of touching the surface of people's hands where germs lurk, the pound's brief contact of fists offers a more hygienic greeting that can prevent the spread of the flu, Dr. Tom Feasby said Wednesday.
"It's a nice replacement of the handshake because you can't just refuse to shake someone's hand. It's rude and seems almost un-Canadian," he said.
"This is a nice, intimate gesture: a gentle bump of the fist that replaces the handshake if you get used it."

Feasby said he's been refusing handshakes and offering a pound instead for the last six weeks.

"After a few funny looks they usually get the idea and do it," Feasby said, adding he does have to explain why he's not shaking hands.
"Young people find this easier than older people but we can all learn."

Tom Feasby, dean of medicine at the University of Calgary, offers a pound. (Bruce Perrault/University of Calgary)

Give a solid, dont spread germs.