How soap kills the coronavirus

This is what a virus like coronavirus looks like. It’s a bit off material surrounded by a coating of proteins
and fat.

Viruses easily stick to places like your hands.

When you rinse your hands with just water, it rushes right over the virus. This is because the layer of fat
makes the viruses behave kind of like a drop of oil.

Oil is just liquid fat. What happens when you pour oil into water? The oil floats. It doesn’t mix. However,
when you add soap and suddenly that fatty oil dissolves into the water.

This is because soap has two sided molecules. One end of the molecule is attracted to water, the other
end is attracted to fat.

So when the soap molecules come into contact with water and fat, these duel attractions literally pull
the fat apart, surrounding the oil particles and dispersing them through the water.
Looking at the coronavirus molecule with that layer of fat holding everything together. When it interacts
with soap, that fat gets pulled out by the soap. Soap literally pulls apart and demolishes these viruses.
Then the water rinses the harmless let over shards of virus down the drain.

However, it takes time for this effect to happen – 20 seconds.

Handsanitisers work too – because it is mostly alcohol. Alcohol works in a somewhat similar way to soap
– breaking down that fatty layer.
You need a high concentration of alcohol to make that work. The CDC recommends hand sanitizers with
at least 60% alcohol.
Even with 60% alcohol, the CDC recommends using soap if you can. If your hands are sweaty or dirty
when you use the hand sanitizer that can dilute it and diminish its effectiveness.