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Ontario is changing the Covid threat level for Waterloo Region from Plaid Badger to Umber Butterfly, and we all know what that means.

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[(Anonymous)]

Excuse me, I just put (soap coronavirus wrong) into Google, and what I got is advice that soap does too kill many bacteria and viruses _if_ you wash your hands right. Not "People saying soap kills the coronavirus are wrong". Conceivably that important knowledge could be suppressed but I'm betting against it.

I will add that:

Not everything in the soap shelf at the supermarket is "soap". I looked. Actually I was looking for something not claiming "anti-bacterial", which may be a mistake since my "research" today says that all soap is anti-bacterial.

https://slate.com/technology/2020/04/what-is-soap-coronavirus.html
is what I mean by "research" but, it does say it's "Technology"!

This also describes a technical difference between real soap produced by "saponification", and synthetic detergent or "syndet" made otherwise. These are said to be equivalent in outcome anti-virally and otherwise, but I say don't wash your hands in clothes detergent or your hair with dishwashing liquid. Maybe you can, but I say don't. Hands in dishwashing liquid, I have done that. Usually though I am a hard soap guy (I thought), but I recently tried shower gel (I can't tell if it's soap now from the bottle, doesn't say), and I found products that are good to wash hair or body. Useful if you have a hairy body. It also says "Save water, turn off the tap", is that usual?

There's also stuff that states with pride "Contains no soap", which may just mean this is that "syndet" stuff (as explained at length, Dove is this) or may mean that you're actually buying fruit jelly in a different shaped jar. The bacteria probably are safe from you in that case. The more fruity, the less soapy, I think you'll find.

It says you can wash hands with it, you can wash hands with a hat on but it doesn't actually contribute to the process. That just leaves the water, which admittedly is deadly on its own in many places.

Robert Carnegie