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Cleaning for an airborne illness is just theater. Upgrading air handlers, increasing airflow, and spacing people further apart matter. Cleaning stuff randomly just makes people feel better (but can make good business sense because of this!)

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yes, cleaning surfaces regularly (but not excessively) is good for a variety of reasons, but not for covid. the airflow concern is also overblown though. you really just need modest distancing indoors (or masks, absent modest distancing). no need for fancy airflow handling. covid isn't a robust virus that, as it's tiny water-bubble craft rapidly evaporates, quickly falls apart outside the body (similar to why surfaces aren't a concern).

Yes it can make good business sense, but for those who know it's just theatre it certainly won't work.

But it's really hard to stop it when the mantra is "Better safe than sorry".

As vaccines grow in numbers and we have solid information like the one linked here, i have faith that we can return to doing things we know work.

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