Soap and water doesn't directly kill the bacteria, it dissolves the oils and lipids that that they live in and washes them away. Some die, but if bacteria was h

Soap and water doesn't directly kill the bacteria, it dissolves the oils and lipids that that they live in and washes them away. Some die, but if bacteria was humans, using soap and water is the equivalent of causing a landslide and just clearing the entire surface of the area of anything but dirt/skin and dumping the people/bacteria off the cliff and down the drain.