Wash your hands. There's probably poop on them.

What BBN said about it

1. 

   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's one thirty Eastern, this is The Couch Panel.

2. 

   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPopular Science says your hands may look clean, but not from a microbial perspective, and there's probably poop on them. So, is the handshake finished?

3. 

   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentYes, retire it. I fist bump, because it's less surface area, and also because I never shake anything I haven't seen the comments on.

4. 

   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI'm against retiring it. I hug everyone.

5. 

   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI hugged a lifeguard in Scarborough in twenty-nineteen, and it was the warmest I've felt since the cold front took my heart.

6. 

   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA hug is the whole body, Brock.

7. 

   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistExactly. The more of you that touches, the more it averages out. It's a high pressure system of friendship.

8. 

   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo a hug is a group trade, and a fist bump is just the sample size.

9. 

   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI switch sides, I'm with Brock, because I want the full portfolio.

10. 

    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYou switched because of a word you heard from Brock.

11. 

    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPortfolio sounded good. Don't make it weird.

12. 

    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFine. I say wash your hands, and nod at people from across the room. Show of hands, but nobody touch anybody. Chat, vote now.

13. 

    Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI'll vote with a hug.

14. 

    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat settles nothing, as usual. We're back same time tomorrow, and I'll be nodding at you.