Hm..interesting take here:
Wash Your Hands—but Beware the Electric Hand Dryer
"Electric towels" were supposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease. What if they've been doing the opposite?
https://www.wired.com/story/wash-your-hands-but-beware-the-electric-hand-dryer/4
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A 2018 study produced even more troubling results, finding that “potential pathogens and spores” could be “dispersed throughout buildings and deposited on hands by hand dryers.” [...] A 2015 study found that super-aggro hand-dryers, like the ones made by Dyson, "produced significantly greater aerosolization of virus on the hands" than the traditional kind. Paper towels, meanwhile, were found to be more hygienic than either type of machine.
@TheAbbotTrithemius Yyyyyup! I work for Wrigley's and have also worked in hospitals. There are no air dryers in either. Paper towels all the way, with no-touch IR dispensers as a bonus.