TromboneAl
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1. High school lab experiment: place harmless bacteria on one kid's hand, have him shake hands with next kid, go down the line through thirty kids, take a culture and you'll find that bacteria.
2. We know that colds are spread through hand contact and hand to nose contact.
3. We attended an organization's dinner last night. The two heads of the chapter greeted each of the 200+ people by shaking his/her hand.
Now, I like a good firm handshake as much as the next guy. I know it's a venerable tradition.
It possibly originates from the need to show someone that you have no weapons.
Wouldn't a lot of colds, flu, and lost productivity be avoided if the surgeon general called a press conference and said: "This year, let's all wave instead of shaking hands and see what happens." ?
2. We know that colds are spread through hand contact and hand to nose contact.
3. We attended an organization's dinner last night. The two heads of the chapter greeted each of the 200+ people by shaking his/her hand.
Now, I like a good firm handshake as much as the next guy. I know it's a venerable tradition.
It possibly originates from the need to show someone that you have no weapons.
Wouldn't a lot of colds, flu, and lost productivity be avoided if the surgeon general called a press conference and said: "This year, let's all wave instead of shaking hands and see what happens." ?