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originally posted by: hombero
Soap destroys the membrane that the virus lives inside
a reply to: makemap
originally posted by: Jamie2018
It appears that a virus can only live inside a body, so soap and water, disinfectants, masks and gloves are a waste of time and money.
originally posted by: moebius
originally posted by: Jamie2018
It appears that a virus can only live inside a body, so soap and water, disinfectants, masks and gloves are a waste of time and money.
No...just no.
Viruses have a protein shell that makes possible for them to survive outside of host cells. This shell also has special proteins that allow the virus to penetrate the host cell membrane. Without them a virus would not be able too infect anything.
Those shells can contain lipids. Soap dissolves lipids destroying the shell.
Disinfectants like alcohol (acids, heat, UV radiation) denaturate the shells, break up proteins, esentially killing the virus.
The purpose of gloves and masks is to act as a barrier between the virus and your cells.