Well, it looks like I was a couple years ahead of the curve on this one, but there is now some research to support what intuitively makes good sense: handshakes are unsanitary.
This is
a release from the American Journal of Infection Control.
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“Fist bumping” transmits significantly fewer bacteria than either handshaking or high‐fiving, while still addressing the cultural expectation of hand‐to‐hand contact...
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