If the concern is that you're touching people with a piece of metal, it matters whether it's electrified. We've essentially invented electricity from the 20-yea

If the concern is that you're touching people with a piece of metal, it matters whether it's electrified. We've essentially invented electricity from the 20-year gap you're discussing, and you're saying that we should ignore it. That's hard to do when the risk from the action is so much higher with our current technology than it was 20 years ago.