# Recent news: The strange case of the toxic handshake

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-news-the-strange-case-of-the-toxic-handshake/366773>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 31, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-news-the-strange-case-of-the-toxic-handshake/366773 "2006-07-31T21:07:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-news-the-strange-case-of-the-toxic-handshake/366773/1 "2006-07-31T21:07:37Z")

</div>

I have yet to read of any diagnosis of the three peoples’ “illness.” Was there any? (Although I guess because of privacy laws, that might not have been made public.)

[http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/22/handshake.illness.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/22/handshake.illness.ap/index.html)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-news-the-strange-case-of-the-toxic-handshake/366773/2 "2006-07-31T21:59:00Z")

</div>

How odd. And the thing I want to know: Why did they get sick, but the accused did not? (Perhaps it was Iocain powder and he had spent years building up an immunity.)