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Quote: Originally posted by alan29 on 12/4/2021
Quote: Originally posted by Derby-Dave on 11/4/2021
Mad isn’t it?
You can have a poo on the same toilet someone else has used but can’t shower in a cubicle someone else has.
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The virus is air born and showers create steam which travels further than still air, whereas most people are pretty still when sat on the loo.
BUT, sewage testing/monitoring is now used to check for regional hot spots of infection, so the virus is absolutely there in faeces! Question remains of how transmissible it is by that means, but it's a known that the virus survives on surfaces and can be picked up from them. Faecal matter is spread as aerosols from flushed loos (that's why we are told to close the lid before flushing to stop poo contaminating your toothbrush in your own bathroom!) 
Showering is just washing your hands 'allover', and washing your hands is known to kill the virus! I think the trousers/skirt down/up movement in a loo is going to cause a lot of air movement, so not so sure using a loo can be written off as totally passive action! 
I think the science has gone a little wonky on the loo/shower thing. Originally it was all about minimising use of communal areas by closing toilet/shower blocks completely, obviously opening up the toilets has compromised that somewhat, would opening the showers as well really be so much worse?
I don't have solid answers, only questions, think a lot more science needs to be employed, but convenience (excuse the pun!) and/or commercial pressures seem to be driving decisions on this issue. The popular argument of "if I can do this, why can't I do that" seems to forget that the real target was minimising risky contact.
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