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Originally Posted by GGG
It doesn't say handshakes are unsantitary. It says that handshakes transmit more bacteria than the high five or fist bump.
Instead of focusing on changing how we interact as a society perhaps we should focus one thing that will save even more lives.
HANDWASHING.
http://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/why-handwashing.html
Get the bacteria off your hands before the handshake. |
I don't see why we can't do both.
Here's something else - for the first 20ish years of my life, it was normal to cover your mouth with your hand when you sneezed or coughed. Then five or so years ago the whole sneeze/cough into your elbow tactic replaced using your hand seemingly overnight. Once "we" decide to adopt another more sanitary way of doing things, I think people are pretty quick to embrace it.