It works well because apart from washing the virus away, soap denatures its envelope, the little "bag" that actually contains the virus. That envelope is made

It works well because apart from washing the virus away, soap denatures its envelope, the little "bag" that actually contains the virus. That envelope is made up of lipids. IE, molecules of fat. Soap+water dissolves the envelope, so the virus is inactivated.... to infect anyone, it needs the envelope to be present. Link: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/deadly-viruses-are-no-match-for-plain-old-soap-heres-the-science-behind-it-2020-03-08 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/deadly-viruses-are-no-matc...