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Why does soap work so well on most viruses

• forkexec 7y ago
  Polar molecules love them some encapsulation lipids on one side and water on the other. Then, IIRC, doesn't either water attack the naked virus or the virus becomes unprotected? I'm probably totally wrong. EtOH hand sanitizer up to 70% strips away lipids too and the water content has a synergistic effect. It'd be nice to know how that works. (Seems like a good video project for Destin at SED.)
• pcvarmint 7y ago
  Better presentation than Twitter: https://www.targetliberty.com/2020/03/everything-you-should-know-about.html https://www.targetliberty.com/2020/03/everything-you-should-...
• ohiovr 7y ago
  If soap is less bad for the environment and still really effective, why not just spray a soapy solution around some areas where there it is safe to property to do so?