Vectors R US

Public lobbies are very effective locales for the transmission of disease.

The germ theory of disease transmission is no longer a theory.

Observed on a daily basis:

Sneeze into hand, immediately place hand on door exit bar and leave building. Watch child put hand on exact same location within 10 seconds and then wipe their eyes/mouth. Successful transmission!

Sneeze onto public computer key board and Versa Teller (ATM/CashPoint) machine. Next customer is waiting on line to contaminate themselves.

Sneeze and cough into tissue, leave tissue at counter where next customer must move it to speak with clerk.

Sneeze and cough into face of clerk, guard, fellow customers.

Sneez into right hand and then shake hands with a sales representative.

Sneeze into hand and use "customer's pen". Used by 20 people per hour.

Sneezing over the coffee and water dispensers, cups, sugar and creamer packets.

Human are amazingly resilient critters as not all these vectors are guaranteed to get the next person sick.

As a lobby guard, I am surprised I do not get sick more often. I do use waterless hand sanitizer a few times a day...if I remember ...or if I see Typhoid Mary or Patient Zero in action.