Have you thought of germs while you bring your hand forward to shake to the other person?
20% of you would have thought of it but now everyone will think of it and I can give surety for that.
In this, you will see how handshakes affect our life and how can it be made better by replacing the tradition of shaking hands with fist bumps.
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Tradition
It is the tradition whenever
- You meet your college friend.
- Whenever you meet some professional.
- At the start or end of your interview.
- While introducing yourself to someone.
You used to shake your hands. It seems very obvious as you are observing it from your childhood and following the same.
It is in your blood that whenever you meet someone and want to greet them then you shake your hands.
Harm From Handshakes
If you say that shaking hands are a friendly gesture then think again!
This is because when you shake hands, you are not showing your friendly nature but transferring germs from you to the other person and from the other person to you. Research has shown that 80 % of the diseases spread from the viruses present on the hands and these same viruses are shared while shaking hands.
Noroviruses, salmonella and very more are the type of infections that are transmitted by the dirty hands. It can cause diarrhoea, vomiting, infections and flu as well.
Best replacement for hand shaking is fist bumps. It is the best way to greet someone without taking or giving germs or with minimum exchange of germs.
What Are Fist Bumps?
Fist bumps is a very cute and lovely posture in which when you meet someone then you lightly touch your clenched fist with the other person’s fist. Many persons do it now who known the harm of hand shaking but complete world need to adopt this tradition.
Need To Replace Handshakes With Fist Bumps
Yes, there is a strong need to change fist bumps with handshakes. Germs transferred with fist bumps are much less than those transferred with handshakes.
A proper research has been done over this. In Aberystwyth University, two researchers conducted an experiment, which was:
- They both put gloves over their hands.
- One of the researchers dipped his hand in the solution of E. coli bacteria which was harmless.
- Then they both shook hands.
- Then again the experiment was repeated with high five and fist bumps.
- They found that germs transferred by handshaking were two times more than transferred by high fives and 10 times more than fist bumps.
Now, there is no need to say anything else. Fist bumps are much more healthier than shaking hands as in shaking hands you completely bring together the hands of you with the other person but in fist bumps you only share the part of your back side of hands and that for much smaller time than you do while you shake hands.
So, for your good health, there is a need to change the tradition and replace it with much more healthy fist bumps.
Don’t think that if you will use fist bumps instead of hand shaking then it will like you are not following traditions or you are disrespecting them. Traditions are for changing whenever need arises.
So, lets start using fist bumps and have a healthy life.
