20 September, 2014
by Mark Doyle
...In West Africa (click here) the normal thing to do would be to stop, reach out one hand, or even two, shake warmly and then embrace.
This is followed by much backslapping, more handshaking on points of agreement and even the odd high five.
It's what children do, it's what men do, it's what elderly ladies do.
Well, not any more. Ebola is spread by contact with bodily fluids, so these days people shun contact with others - including handshakes....
...President Johnson Sirleaf had earlier said the disease was damaging Liberians' way of life. One thing she was surely referring to was the unusual Liberian handshake....
