Monday, March 23, 2020

4726 - Killing germs


I always thought that soap didn't kill germs. It just washed them away. Now they are saying that soap kills viruses. And they have a cartoon video to prove it. Well, if this gets you to wash your hands with soap for 20 seconds it's worth watching.




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3 comments:

Rose Lavelle said...

Actually, i think it`ll be much better for the USWNT if the Olympics IS postponed for a couple of months because that`ll give Alex Morgan more time to get super-fit again after she gives birth in May.

Mar 23, 2020, 1:40:00 AM
Debra She Who Seeks said...

I think the wording of this video is very unfortunate because it does give the wrong impression about "annihilating" and "destroying" the virus. If you look beyond the poorly chosen language, they are saying the truth (although it's difficult to discern) -- soap is what enables the virus to be washed off your hands and down the drain. It does not "kill" the virus.

Mar 23, 2020, 6:54:00 AM
Brian said...

Watching the video - it's the soap that destroys the virus cell walls, rendering it incapable of binding to anything. Once the cell walls are destroyed, the water washes the remnants of the little buggers off your body. Annihilate? Sure. A virus isn't "alive" in the same way a bacteria is in that it can't replicate on its own or by using another virus. It needs to latch onto a host and hijack the hosts cells in order to reproduce. Parasitic little shit.

I liked the video and the lesson it provided.

Mar 24, 2020, 2:08:00 PM

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