Report from British researcher's experiment says fist bump popularly known in Nigeria as "chop knuckle" could be a cleaner, better way for people to greet each other.
David Whitworth of Britain’s Aberystwyth University says they tested just how many bacteria are transferred hand to hand during a handshake, a high-five and a fist bump. Handshakes are the worst, they found, while a high-five passed along half as many bacteria.
Fist bumps were the cleanest greetings,
“Adoption of the fist bump as a greeting could substantially reduce the transmission of infectious disease between individuals,” Whitworth and colleagues report in the American Journal of Infection Control.
So here's a big Chop Knuckle to all our readers out there.
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