As workers return to the office, friends reunite and more church services shift from Zoom to in person, the age-old handshake is now is limbo.
As the pandemic took hold, a Kansas City-area meeting and event planning business began hawking "I Shake Hands" stickers to help ease awkward social encounters.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, cautioned last year, "I don't think we should ever shake hands ever again, to be honest with you." DeLeon isn't sure the handshake is ever coming back. The stickers his company sold were never hot sellers. Other companies hawked signs and stickers that more firmly discouraged handshaking -- including one featuring a skeleton hand and another covered with COVID-19 germs.
"You can make phone calls all you want and you can meet with people online via Zoom call but it is just not the same as being able to reach out your hand and shake their hand, look them in the eye and really establish that rapport," he said. Former President Donald Trump, a self-described germaphobe who has said publicly that he dislikes the custom and even described it as "barbaric," faced criticism in the early days of the pandemic when he continued shaking hands.
Now the question is whether family, friends and business associates are vaccinated. Her approach is to announce up front that she is, then ask bluntly whether a hug or handshake is desired."It is a really hard greeting to deny because it has been so ingrained since we were kids or young adults," said Post, who lives in Burlington, Vermont.
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