Is kissing less likely to spread germs than shaking hands?

Question

I heard kissing you are less likely to spread germs.

Answer 1

You can always wash your hands after shaking them with somebody but with kissing you're exchanging bodily fluids with somebody and you are more likely to spread germs and even disease.

Answer 2

Technically and scientifically speaking, people tend to have less germs in their mouth than on their hands. This is especially true for people who do not wash their hands after using the restroom.

However, germs is one thing; sickness is another. You may get more "grossness" from shaking people's hands, but you're unlikely to get sick from it. Kissing however is a much easier way of contracting colds or some infections such as mononucleosis. So it all depends on what kinds of germs you're afraid of; more harmless germs, or less potentially sickness-enducing germs.

Answer 3

That's actually true. Your hands touch all sorts of nasty things and can get really dirty and you could get sick by touching your face after shaking someones hand. In someones mouth there is some anti-bacteria and nothing too dangerous that your bodies natural defense system can't handle.

So next time someone tries to shake your hand just give them a big wet kiss! LOL

Answer 4

Unless you wipe, handle money and turn door knobs with your mouth, it's the cleaner of the two. If you wash your hands enough to remove all of the germs, you'll have terrible looking hands. Ask any training nurse!

Some of the worst pathogens are commonly contained in toilets and on door knobs and dishes of peanuts. Staphylococci and streptococci, for starters, are all unpleasant little germs you can wipe off onto someone's palm. If someone is carrying those things in their mouth on as regular of a basis as they occur on hands, they have no business kissing anybody in the first place.

The Japanese consider it disrespectful of Americans to shake with their nasty, butt wiping hand, and they'll turn it down flat.

Answer 5

It is partially true-- just think of what your hands touch throughout the day--door handles, money, toilet seat.... But you lips are much cleaner--in general, you do not use them as much as hands. But if you have some disease, like herpes, then your lips are more dangerous than hands... ;)

If I had to choose between kissing and shaking hands, I would definitely choose kissing (my hubby) --it is much more enjoyable!

Answer 6

That statement is completely false, and the reason is that when you kiss there is saliva. As a matter of fact, it has be shown that people who have contracted the AIDS virus have as well had it contacted through kissing. That would be on the lips, of course. It is however certainly much cleaner if you were to kiss on the cheeks.
I know that it doesn't exactly sound appealing when you are making out, but you did want to know the truth.

Answer 7

Assuming you are not those French generals from movies who kiss every one they meet , kissing is safer, since people don't always wash hands after they use the loo.

Answer 8

I've never heard of anyone getting herpes from shaking hands.

Answer 9

probably true, if you put your hand to your mouth after every handshake, you would probably have more problems from that than what you would suffer from the kisses.

Answer 10

you don't kiss strangers, but you shake their hand, and you don't know were there hand has been...