Even if or when the era of overzealous cleaning finally come to an end for Coronavirus, it's not an excuse to ignore good hygiene as there are many nasty diseas

Even if or when the era of overzealous cleaning finally come to an end for Coronavirus, it's not an excuse to ignore good hygiene as there are many nasty diseases that are spread by contact (door knobs, etc.). Frankly, it's madness to suggest otherwise. Viruses such as measles, and viral gastroenteritis—norovirus and rotavirus are very highly contagious and can be spread by contact (these viruses are so virulent and contagious that just touching something handled by someone with the disease is enough to catch them). In fact, long before COVID-19, norovirus was the scourge of cruise ships—often dozens of people would succumb to the disease in the confined quarters of a ship. A quick look at the graph in the New York Times article shows that when it comes to contagiousness, COVID-19 is almost a beginner: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/learning/whats-going-on-in-this-graph-coronavirus-outbreak.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/learning/whats-going-on-i.... Even though rotavirus and norovirus are not shown on this graph, when it comes to infectiousness and contagiousness they are up there along with measles. In fact, some studies show norovirus to be one of the most contagious viruses that we know of (i.e.: one person can infect in excess of 15 others). This Wiki articles further demonstrates the point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_reproduction_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_reproduction_number And do does this excellent presentation (PDF): https://www.rch.org.au/uploadedFiles/Main/Content/fracp_resources/2006_ID_-_Acute_Gastroenteritis_by_Jim_Buttery.pdf https://www.rch.org.au/uploadedFiles/Main/Content/fracp_reso... One of the noticeable and significant observations to arise from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and when many people started being hyper-vigilant with respect to their hygiene—using sanitizer and washing their hands, etc.—is the fact that gastroenteritis virus numbers have been way down. This clearly shows that hygiene really matters. Even bringing the matter into question is stupid as it undermines long-held public hygiene messages.