If Dr. Fauci had his druthers, that would be the end of it.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Trump administrations most public expert on the coronavirus pandemic, is strongly recommending that everyone avoid shaking hands ever again, even after a vaccine arrives for the virus and things start going back to normal.
Dr. Fauci made that recommendation during an interview when asked about what behaviors might linger, even in a post-coronavirus world.
The public face of the Trump administrations response to the coronavirus crisis, however, has already offered at least one blunt suggestion we should try not to forget once were past this pandemic. And given that Dr. Anthony Fauci is the infectious diseases expert whos one of the few trustworthy voices in the Trump administration on this, its something we should definitely not ignore. His recommendation: Absolutely no more handshakes, even after weve defeated this virus. As a society, just forget about shaking hands, Fauci said during a new television interview.
We dont need to shake hands, he continued. Weve got to break that custom. Because as a matter of fact, that is one of the major ways you can transmit a respiratory-borne illness.
He was making that point as part of a larger discussion about how he thinks some of the behaviors and habits were practicing now will in all likelihood become facts of life going forward, in a post-coronavirus world. And in the case of doing away forever with something like a handshake, which can easily spread germs, thats a good thing. I think what were going to have embedded and imprinted in us forever is the realization that something as catastrophic as what the world is experiencing now can happen, he said.
In reply to Casper
The handshake is not going anywhere, as soon as this crisis is over, people will go back to shaking hands.
In reply to black Not! I will outstretch both of my hands & clasp them together...just as in those kung fu movies! Listen to this...many years ago, whilst listening to Michael Savages (don't get vex, ok ray!)...he was talking about the spread of diseases & specifically mentioned of how the Chinese didn't shake hands (centuries ago) as one sure way of not spreading diseases! Now, put that in your pipe & smoke it!
In reply to BeatDball
Look, people will do fist bumps as a minimum.
Humans are social creatures that crave physical contact.