So COVID-19 is a virus. Viruses are not bacteria. There are many good bacteria and some bad bacteria. We use antibiotics to kill bacteria. Antibiotics do not kill viruses. Antibiotics and other antibacterial substances do not kill viruses. Antibiotics and other antibacterial agents do kill bacteria, but they do not always kill ALL of the bacteria. The remaining bacteria can then live and end up becoming antibiotic-resistant and they can end up becoming what we refer to as superbugs. Superbugs are really, really bad. Because you can end up with an infection like Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) and then you can’t kill it, and then you can die. Again that’s from a bacteria NOT a virus.
So when COVID-19 hit, everyone ran out to the stores and bought antibacterial soaps or other antibacterial substances. You may well have ended up buying Purell. Purell as my Office Depot ad tells me “can help keep germs away by killing up to 99.99 percent of bacteria on skin and surfaces anywhere.” So notice that “99.99” is not 100% and that it kills “bacteria” and not viruses.
So it’s not the end of the world yet, because in the short term your washing hands more and keeping surfaces clean and just washing hands is a good thing. But at the end of the day, after surviving this pandemic, with all of America using antibacterial substances we don’t want to have created a lot of new superbugs.
So instead of an expensive antibacterial substance, you can use what does work really well at killing viruses, plain old soap and water. Soap and water also does not cause superbugs.
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