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Closing toilet lid before flushing doesn't keep viral spray inside, study suggests
(www.cidrap.umn.edu)
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My main concern is always my toothbrush. But it’s on a counter above the toilet. So wouldn’t keeping the lid down help significantly, in both the direction and distance of whatever is stirred up?
Turbulence might be enough bring it up and everywhere regardless. The movement of your own body would cycle air every which way right after you flush, plus many bathrooms have ventilation fans near the ceiling, drawing air upward.