https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13076277/holding-hands-boosts-mental-health-experts.html
It goes without saying that the endorphins release that happy feeling when we are holding hands and bonding with someone. The freely touchy thing is not just important for humans, but all creatures. We all need physical touch and bonding.
We have emotions for a reason, not just for the hell of it. Parent/child bonding, human to animal bonding etc. Reaching out to another being is good for our overall health and wellbeing. How much money was wasted stating the obvious for this article? Are the idiots in government so out of touch with reality that the need to do research on something as simple as this?
