President Donald Trump is still refusing to stop shaking people’s hands.
. But in public, Trump has been brazenly shaking hands with supporters and colleagues, showily defying health authorities’ advice to cease hand-shaking, guidance that is meant to pertain particularly for people over the age of 60 and at greater risk of death or serious complications from the virus. “I love the people of this country, and you can’t be a politician and not shake hands,”last week.
This week, as our understanding of the coronavirus’s spread grew grimmer, Vice President Mike Pence said he and the president areto stop shaking people’s hands. “As the president has said, in our line of work you shake hands when someone wants to shake your hand,” he said. “I expect the president will continue to do that. I’ll continue to do it.
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