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Letter: Sickly shake

Published 9 October 2013

From Lawrence D

It is interesting that Valerie Curtis says manners evolved at least partly to stave off disease (21 September, p 28). One of the most common ways of spreading influenza is by the well-known gesture of politeness known as “shaking hands”.
Hamilton, New Zealand

'Oliveiro

Issue no. 2938 published 12 October 2013

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