# Toilet Plume and the Coronavirus

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-plume-and-the-coronavirus/855843>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [June 17, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-plume-and-the-coronavirus/855843 "2020-06-17T12:32:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-plume-and-the-coronavirus/855843/21 "2020-06-18T17:44:02Z")

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Rats it toilets!!!  
Noooooooooope!

A major fear of mine.

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**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-plume-and-the-coronavirus/855843/22 "2020-06-18T18:09:55Z")

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And that new growing blurry bordered black mole? Worth it.

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**Author:** ![williamweigand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b3f665/32.png) [@williamweigand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williamweigand)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-plume-and-the-coronavirus/855843/23 "2020-06-22T12:02:45Z")

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Pit toilets and porta potties don’t flush, in my experience

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**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-plume-and-the-coronavirus/855843/24 "2020-06-22T12:09:57Z")

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So what are people supposed to do at work? Many workplace toilets don’t have lids. It’s one thing to wait an hour or two while you’re out running errands, but potentially 8 - 10 hours or more? That’s unrealistic.

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**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-plume-and-the-coronavirus/855843/25 "2020-06-22T15:59:42Z")

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Only in polite company.

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