Episode 1390 • • 1:24:31 - 1:35:32
1390: No Hugs For You!
NPR Guide to Safe Hugging and Pandemic Etiquette
NPR featured a multi-part series on the "etiquette" of hugging and handshaking during the pandemic. The segments suggest "shimmying" to gauge comfort levels and asking for vaccination status before physical contact. The hosts ridicule the advice as "psychotic" and "exasperating," arguing it fuels unnecessary social anxiety and germaphobia.