1. Scientists show that dust can spread a respiratory virus: study of Influenza virus in guinea pigs shows these animals disperse lots of dust particles by just moving around and the virus can hitch a ride on dust, travel to another cage, and cause new infections...
2.Researchers also showed when tissue paper w/influenza on it is crumpled, the virus can travel on aerosols and retain ability to infect cells. So airborne influenza doesn't have to be directly emitted from respiratory tract; it can spread through air on aerosolized fomites..
3. This may be applicable to COVID-19. Air sampling in China hospitals have detected evidence of SARS-CoV-2 in rooms where health care workers removed PPE, suggesting virus was being aerosolized from contaminated clothing as it was removed. Full article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17888-w
Influenza A virus is transmissible via aerosolized fomites

Influenza viruses are believed to transmit through the air as respiratory droplets or aerosols. In the guinea pig model, Asadi et al. show that influenza virus can also be transmitted as aerosolized...

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17888-w
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