Should we stop shaking hands for good?
The IndependentSign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Think about it,” says Charles Gerba, a microbiologist and public health researcher at the University of Arizona, who also answers to Dr Germ. “That way I don't have to shake their hand.” Top US infectious diseases expert Dr Anthony Fauci sees it the same way since the pandemic hit. “You don't ever shake anybody's hands,” Dr Fauci said this month. Minutes after announcing a ban on shaking hands to combat Covid-19, Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte enthusiastically pumped the hand of Jaap Van Dissel, the head of the Dutch Centre for Infectious Disease Control.
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