Comment on Are there any cultures where kissing is taboo?
s@piefed.world 18 hours ago
Cultures enduring a plague
Fun fact: a handshake transfers more viruses and bacteria than a kiss, especially one on the cheek.
How do I tell my kids that I can’t give them a firm handshake goodnight anymore?
With a fistbump.
Transfers, yes, but if you’re careful, those germs on your hands will never get to your face, but a kiss is direct infection.
herpes and EBV are more common from the mouth but wrestlers can spread herpes through hands as well.
I doubt you can get EBV from a kiss on the cheek. There’s usually some more tongue action involved.
Herpes maybe.
id reckon that a handshake on the cheek might also transfer a sense of discomfort
Photonic@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Fun fact: a handshake transfers more viruses and bacteria than a kiss, especially one on the cheek.
s@piefed.world 18 hours ago
How do I tell my kids that I can’t give them a firm handshake goodnight anymore?
IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
With a fistbump.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Transfers, yes, but if you’re careful, those germs on your hands will never get to your face, but a kiss is direct infection.
arin@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
herpes and EBV are more common from the mouth but wrestlers can spread herpes through hands as well.
Photonic@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I doubt you can get EBV from a kiss on the cheek. There’s usually some more tongue action involved.
Herpes maybe.
FEIN@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
id reckon that a handshake on the cheek might also transfer a sense of discomfort