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Two people in lab coats stare at screens showing people hoarding toilet paper. They reflect that since running out of toilet paper, people shaking hands 'hasn't been an issue'.

Leak has found a positive outcome to an otherwise very disturbing expression of national anxiety. The impact of COVID-19 has disrupted the ordinary rules of etiquette, transforming a simple handshake into a daredevil act. Is it any wonder we have clung on so tightly to our two-ply creature comforts?