If it is accepted that it's an ill wind that blows no one any good, then the upside to the whole coronavirus situation is that shaking hands, hugging and kissing perfect strangers is no longer appropriate. I have written here before about how the only reason I shake hands with most people is because it's a social-cultural convention that needs to be engaged in, unless you are deliberately trying to offend. I've seen them pick their noses and skip the hand washing in the loo and then go and shake hands or touch others or worse, share food with those same hands, and it turns my stomach. For such people, shaking hands, kissing and hugging strangers, enemies and friends (in politics, these roles are constantly changing, as we know) is part of the job. Instead of shaking hands, would Raila and Uhuru have tapped toes, touched elbows or shared a fist bump?

Source: The Star March 21, 2020 02:03 UTC