Posted on 03/09/2020 7:09:44 PM PDT by hapnHal
Does coronavirus make it okay to leave people hanging when they offer a handshake?
Coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the Tampa Bay area.
Handshakes can spread germs, and with the continued spread of the new coronavirus, not to mention flu season, people may be dreading social situations that normally include a hearty handshake. In Florida, 12 residents had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Monday afternoon.
Etiquette expert Elaine Swann says that in the modern era, handshakes remain an important part of business deals and socializing. Tampa Bay career and executive coach Dianne M. Kipp said she even has an exercise she does with clients that involves handshakes as a way to move past disagreements and strengthen bonds at work.
“Shaking hands is still normally the proper way to greet someone in 2020,” Swann said. “However, it’s perfectly fine to hold off on shaking hands right now.”How do you turn down a handshake without making it awkward? Swann said it’s all about honesty and body language.
“Right now, I’m not shaking hands, but it’s very nice to meet you,” she advises telling people.She recommends signaling by clasping your own hands together, either in front or behind you, in anticipation of an unwanted hand. She also says that nodding politely can show you’re still being cordial and are actually excited to meet someone.If you stick out your hand and get left hanging, she says don’t take it personal and don’t linger on it.
“Bring up a new topic, and keep the conversation moving forward."A 2014 study showed fist bumps can spread 20 times fewer germs than a handshake, but Swann says you should never offer a fist, or an elbow bump, when the other person offered an open hand.
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Love it. That will be my fallback move.
Yes - LOL Ben!
Use the Vulcan Peace Sign preemptively.
Kiss your granddaughter on the mouth and fantasize your wife is your sister to achieve arousal ? Ick.
Just tear up some paper.
Say “No offense but I’ll pass”.
Jazz hands.
He just nodded and said "Good point."
Collateral damage, if you're a flu bug...
What? You don’t carry a small bottle of hand sanitizer in your pocket???
I just tell people I gave up hand shaking for Lent. Seems to work...
I loathe shaking hands and always have, but I am an old woman who came of age at a time in which shaking hands was something that men and not women did.
Never excuse. Never explain. “I don’t shake hands.” Is enough. You do not owe anyone your personal reasons for declining virus or no virus.
I stopped shaking hands several years ago....when diagnosed with an autoimmune disease....and I would go to political and other meetings with lots of glad handers...and I learned to smile, offer my elbow, curtsy, tell them I wasn’t feeling well, or that I only shake when I’m agreeing to a “contract”....even give hugs....but NOT shake hands. Some people were weird about it....most understand, and go along. I can see how people can feel unsure about refusing to shake hands....I was all alone in my refusal and it was a bit nerve wracking....NOW it should be easier.
,,,while hoping on
One Foot!
Preferably Yourown.
Fist bump.
The step which Trump and congress can take to show me that they aren’t delaying test kits and vaccines in order to reduce the number of Social Security beneficiaries would be to grubstake development of a couple of the vaccines which are just starting into human testing. The tests will take a year, and the pharma companies won’t be certain of a return on their investment until testing is completed. It would speed the process up by something like 6 months if the required doses were ready as soon as testing is complete.
At least one of the vaccines is merely a revision of a vaccine developed and approved for the similar SARS virus.
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