no, really, soap doesn't actually kill germs. It literally just makes your skin slippery which prevents germs/viruses from clinging to you and there for very easy to wash off. The effectiveness of hand sanitizer is also impeded by the oils on your hands.
I love the comment that if we dont see a lot in infections it proves isolation worked. similar to the Y2K bug, the fact that it was not a disaster was due to the preventive work that was done to replace chipsets, update code, etc. I was part of the effort and spent long hours working to mitigate the impact...no everyone says it was just a big joke, hope we dont do the same to this event if it does turn out milder then expected.
Soap does kill many viruses, including corona. Soap has hydrophobic tails that try to evade water, and in so doing rupture the lipid membranes of the virus (if they have them, which corona does). They don't just wash the virus away, they actually destroy it.
Soap actually destroys the covid-19 molecule by tearing apart its outer fatty lipid layer. The part of the soap molecule that bonds to oils will work its way into the covid-19 oily layer and rip it apart. The part of the soap molecule that bonds with water then carries the pieces away.
This is not the case for all viruses, but is fortunately true for covid-19.
no, really, soap doesn't actually kill germs. It literally just makes your skin slippery which prevents germs/viruses from clinging to you and there for very easy to wash off. The effectiveness of hand sanitizer is also impeded by the oils on your hands.
I love the comment that if we dont see a lot in infections it proves isolation worked. similar to the Y2K bug, the fact that it was not a disaster was due to the preventive work that was done to replace chipsets, update code, etc. I was part of the effort and spent long hours working to mitigate the impact...no everyone says it was just a big joke, hope we dont do the same to this event if it does turn out milder then expected.
Soap does kill many viruses, including corona. Soap has hydrophobic tails that try to evade water, and in so doing rupture the lipid membranes of the virus (if they have them, which corona does). They don't just wash the virus away, they actually destroy it.
Soap actually destroys the covid-19 molecule by tearing apart its outer fatty lipid layer. The part of the soap molecule that bonds to oils will work its way into the covid-19 oily layer and rip it apart. The part of the soap molecule that bonds with water then carries the pieces away.
This is not the case for all viruses, but is fortunately true for covid-19.
I love the comment that if we dont see a lot in infections it proves isolation worked. similar to the Y2K bug, the fact that it was not a disaster was due to the preventive work that was done to replace chipsets, update code, etc. I was part of the effort and spent long hours working to mitigate the impact...no everyone says it was just a big joke, hope we dont do the same to this event if it does turn out milder then expected.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/scientists-identified-strains-covid-19/story?id=69
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I am trying to handle three different emergencies over 2 continents and an island. Today just suck.
This is not the case for all viruses, but is fortunately true for covid-19.