“Except there’s zero evidence to support any spread through fomites with COVID-19.”
That false.
“However, fomite transmission is considered a likely mode of transmission for SARS-CoV-2, given consistent findings about environmental contamination in the vicinity of infected cases and the fact that other coronaviruses and respiratory viruses can transmit this way.”
https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/transmission-of-sars-cov-2-implications-for-infection-prevention-precautions
“Indirect transmission via fomites (contaminated surfaces) contributes to the spread of common respiratory pathogens and evidence-to-date suggests fomite transmission is possible for SARS-CoV-2. People infected with SARS-CoV-2 shed the virus into the environment, as evidenced by extensive SARS-CoV-2 RNA detected on surfaces in cruise ships, hospitals, and public spaces in urban areas such as bus stations and public squares. Infective coronavirus persists in the environment, with experimental evidence of persistence on surfaces ranging from 3 hours to 28 days, depending on environmental factors such as surface material and temperature. Viruses readily transfer from contaminated surfaces to the hand upon contact and from hands to the mucous membranes on the face. People touch their faces frequently, with studies reporting average hand-to-face contacts ranging from 16 to 37 times an hour. Taken together, this suggests surface contamination could pose a risk for indirect SARS-CoV-2 transmission, similar to other respiratory viruses.”
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.20.20220749v1.full
“SARS-CoV-2 can also spread via contact or fomite transmission. The respiratory droplets exhaled from an infected person settle down on nearby fomites. They can be on surfaces such as tables, the floor, doorknobs, and other commonly touched areas. People can come in contact with the respiratory droplets by touching contaminated surfaces and then touching their mouth, nose, or eyes.”
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20201202/Particulate-matter-levels-can-play-a-significant-role-in-SARS-CoV-2-transmission.aspx
You need to update your sources. Info based on assumptions published last July aren’t useful in February.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00251-4
“COVID-19 rarely spreads through surfaces. So why are we still deep cleaning?”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32919072/
“Viral RNA was detected in 29/55 surface samples (52.7%) and 16/42 surface samples (38%) from the surroundings of symptomatic COVID-19 patients in isolation units of two hospitals and in a quarantine hotel for asymptomatic and very mild COVID-19 patients. None of the surface and air samples from the three sites (0/97) were found to contain infectious titres of SARS-Cov-2 on tissue culture assay.”
There have been 0 documented cases of COVID-19 transmission via fomites. Zero. Maybe it’s happened before, but out of ~113 million confirmed cases worldwide, it has never been observed. It has only ever been a theoretical possibility and every time someone actually tried to test that possibility, they came up with no evidence it was actually feasible.