Hugging Man Likes Hugs

A new world record was set on Valentines day with a man giving 7777 hugs. The article has the details, but it seems like it'd be difficult to find that many willing participants. It had some numbers for him to beat, but I calculated it as 324.04 hugs per hour or 5.4 hugs per minute (that's if he used the entire 24 hour period, but it said he did 700 his first hour). Not to come off as a hug hater, but when I read this my germiphobe kinda kicked in and I thought, I'd hate to be that 7777th person.