Steven Pinker and an epidemiologist were featured as Harvard experts in a Harvard article on the fate of the handshake.

TRUE: a Harvard publication (e.g. the Harvard Gazette) published an article on or shortly before 2020-03-30 about the future or fate of the handshake that features Steven Pinker and an epidemiologist as Harvard experts. MOSTLY TRUE: the article exists and features both, but with a minor discrepancy, e.g. the epidemiologist is described with a related public-health title, or a slightly different date. MIXED: the article features Pinker but no epidemiologist, or an epidemiologist but not Pinker. MOSTLY FALSE: such an article exists but is not from Harvard and does not present them as Harvard experts. FALSE: no such article featuring Pinker exists.

Set before the research began.

1. E1 Harvard experts weigh in on the fate of the handshake Harvard Gazette (Harvard University) · 30 March 2020

   “Harvard experts weigh in on the origin and fate of the universal greeting”

2. E2 Harvard experts weigh in on the fate of the handshake Harvard Gazette (Harvard University) · 30 March 2020

   “Steven Pinker, Harvard’s Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology”

3. E3 Harvard experts weigh in on the fate of the handshake Harvard Gazette (Harvard University) · 30 March 2020

   “the Gazette spoke with William Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, earlier in the month.”

4. E4 Coronavirus news – March 2020 | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health · 31 March 2020

   “March 30: Wither the handshake? (Harvard Gazette) The handshake has vanished in recent weeks as people limit close contact to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Epidemiologist William Hanage said he hopes the handshake returns at some point”

On 2020-03-30 the Harvard Gazette ran an article titled "Harvard experts weigh in on the fate of the handshake" (E1). It names Steven Pinker as Harvard's Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology (E2). It also features William Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (E3). A Harvard Chan School roundup separately confirms that the March 30 Gazette handshake article featured epidemiologist William Hanage (E4).