You would be wrong and I do still tip. Are you one of the ones like ThKooK who still thinks this Covid deal was made up and one giant conspiracy theory? Still dont think masks help? Given that a major University as well as a major publication studied and then published an article on it, I dont think I am to far off base making mention of it.
Getting pregnant or popping on a drug test are not the same as this, nice try. I was not particularly worried either, due to the reason you mention, I always wash my hands when I get to the hotel room, however mistakes happen and not everyone does that. You dont have to lick money for something to get on your hands. If you accidentally then rub your eye, well that's how viruses work. Not rocket science.

Given the immense publicity Covid received and the measures that governments around the world took to slow the spread, I am surprised more attention didn't get focused on paper money.

I am not saying that I was particularly worried about handling cash, just genuinely surprised more were not.
Oh hey, welcome back. I see you are once again only responding to the low hanging fruit. Care to go answer some of the replies to your last moronic statement or are you just going to ignore those as usual?