Opinion

There’s an easy solution for replacing handshakes forever

John-Clark Levin is a PhD candidate in politics and international studies at the University of Cambridge.

When Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, suggested last week that it might be time to permanently retire the handshake, my news feed filled with scoffing from both sides of the aisle. For some, Fauci’s statement was a sop to the president’s reputed germophobia. For others, it was “deep state” prissiness running roughshod over common sense.