Is The Handshake Dead?
with Bobby Lieb President & CEO
The universal greeting of the handshake was not always just a symbolic gesture. Its origins were utilitarian. By extending the hand and showing of the open palm, you demonstrated to the person approaching, you were not holding a weapon. The same purpose applied for the act of waving at a passerby. However, with the advent of weaponry which could inflict harm from a distance, the handshake evolved into the benign tradition we know of today. That was until COVID-19 came along and a different kind of killer now prevents us from saying hello to each other through physical contact.
On March 11, when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global health pandemic, most of us in America thought...
