They don't survive on surfaces as long and that is a significant
vector. People touch the infected hand rail or whatever, then they
touch their face or eat something without washing their hands.
True.
My first wife was living with doctors every day and we always talked
about how you get germs. I was on the road, seeing dozens of customers
every day in some places where there were hundreds of people coming
and going so if there was a cold going around, I was going to be
exposed. I tried to understand the vectors. IBM had a part number for
91% isopropanol and I kept a bottle in my tool bag, long before Purell
was a thing. I still got my share of colds but I think I missed some.