A new study has found that public restrooms can indeed be hotbeds for transmission of airborne diseases.
Flushing a toilet generates aerosols that could linger in the air for hours, possibly days. Given that aerosols are now widely accepted as the primary mode of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, is there a risk of getting infected with Covid-19 — or any other respiratory disease — from aerosols generated by a toilet flush? A new study has found that public restrooms can indeed be hotbeds for transmission of airborne diseases.