TJ, I don’t believe Reb Yaakov ever said any such thing regarding a heter for embarrassment. Do you have a mekor for that? I think not. The most “authoritative” source to claim a heter for embarrassment is supposedly Rabbi Y.B. Soloveitchek; but even that is mere claims and no mekor. Reb Moshe wrote befeirush in the quoted IM that shaking hands is always assur under all circumstances. Period. It is an issur d’oraysah.
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