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Don't Shake Hands
Why a handshake is riskier than you think

Research in fact suggests that a firm handshake projects extroversion and emotional expressiveness, may affect the likelihood of our being hired for a job, and increases the likelihood of our being judged conscientious. On the other hand (pun intended), research also shows a vast number of infections are passed from person to person via the hands. Hand washing and sterile technique are now well known to have revolutionized surgery, dramatically reducing the number of post-operative infections and deaths, turning surgery from a likely date with death into a life-saving intervention that's transformed for the better the lives of tens of millions of people.
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Unless, of course, we find ourselves shaking hands with someone who then tells us they're sick. I strongly suspect most of us, even when ill, don't refrain from shaking hands either because we don't think about how we're putting others at risk or because the awkwardness of refusing to shake hands even for a legitimate reason overpowers our concern that we might give someone else a cold. Like hand washing itself, the activation energy required to inform others we aren't shaking hands may often be too great, or the need to perform some gesture of greeting too strong to resist. To those who feel the latter, however, I'd offer my own personal solution: "I'm sick, so I'm not shaking hands today," I say. "I'm bowing instead." And then I do just that.

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<blockquote data-quote="vembuv" data-source="post: 445919" data-attributes="member: 88990">Don&#039;t Shake HandsWhy a handshake is riskier than you thinkResearch in fact suggests that a firm handshake <a href="http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/psp/79/1/110/" target="_blank">projects extroversion and emotional expressiveness</a>, may affect the <a href="http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/apl/93/5/1139/" target="_blank">likelihood of our being hired for a job</a>, and increases the likelihood of our being judged <a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15534510.2011.566706" target="_blank">conscientious</a>. On the other hand (pun intended), research also shows a vast number of infections are passed from person to person via the hands. Hand washing and sterile technique are now well known to have revolutionized surgery, dramatically reducing the number of post-operative infections and deaths, turning surgery from a likely date with death into a life-saving intervention that&#039;s transformed for the better the lives of tens of millions of people.……………………………….Unless, of course, we find ourselves shaking hands with someone who then tells us they&#039;re sick. I strongly suspect most of us, even when ill, don&#039;t refrain from shaking hands either because we don&#039;t think about how we&#039;re putting others at risk or because the awkwardness of refusing to shake hands even for a legitimate reason overpowers our concern that we might give someone else a cold. Like hand washing itself, the activation energy required to inform others we aren&#039;t shaking hands may often be too great, or the need to perform some gesture of greeting too strong to resist. To those who feel the latter, however, I&#039;d offer my own personal solution: &quot;I&#039;m sick, so I&#039;m not shaking hands today,&quot; I say. &quot;I&#039;m bowing instead.&quot; And then I do just that.Read more at: [URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/happiness-in-world/201202/dont-shake-hands?destination=node/88831[/URL]</blockquote>

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