(Oops...I noticed a couple minutes after posting that the present article is about hair dryers and the article I cite is about hand dryers. I would have deleted this, but someone had commented by then which disables delete. I could edit this to replace the entire contents with &quot;[deleted]&quot;, but someone has commented on the assertions in the hand dryer article, so I&#x27;ll leave this up, despite it being an embarrassing monument to my poor reading comprehension)<p>There may be a downside to these very fast hot air dryers: &quot;Using a Dyson hand dryer is like setting off a viral bomb in a bathroom&quot; [1].<p>There was some HN discussion of that article [2].<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;2016&#x2F;04&#x2F;dyson-dryers-hurl-60x-more-viruses-most-at-kid-face-height-than-other-dryers&#x2F;#p3" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;arstechnica.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;2016&#x2F;04&#x2F;dyson-dryers-hurl-60x...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11507239" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11507239</a>