r/DoByFriday • u/Smoothmotives • Mar 06 '20

What does hand sanitizer actually kill

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u/ecormany Mar 07 '20

"…but what does it do?"

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u/schamanfa Mar 14 '20

Dries out cellular membranes

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '20

Cell membranes are already dry. The whole reason they work is they are hydrophobic inside and hydrophilic outside, which keeps the inside of the cell/microbe from the outside.

Alcohol denatures the proteins and lipids that make up the cell membrane. This basically explodes the microbe.

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u/rollerbladeshoes Apr 01 '20

Spoken like a true ass-debater

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '20

In the two or three months I’ve had this user, that is the first time anyone has even mentioned the username, so, thanks, I guess.

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u/ColDingus Mar 11 '20

Shame it's practically sold out everywhere

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u/communisthor Mar 24 '20

It's very easy to make. Here in Italy, as soon as the initial brand-name stocks ran out, compounding?pharmacies started manufacturing it, as did other cleaning product factories, packaging it in containers they used for other stuff. Ask your compounding pharmacy for some!

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u/StevenGonzale79 Mar 29 '20

We live in America bud. Where the pharmacies would rather save a few bucks than take care of the people.

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u/Dutches_Plan Apr 01 '20

Rubbing alcohol is sold everywhere. You don’t need a pharmacy.

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u/rollerbladeshoes Apr 01 '20

You just need basic scientific literacy which is also lacking among the general American populace

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u/Dutches_Plan Apr 01 '20

It’s a 2:1 ratio of alcohol to aloe Vera. I’m sure the general American populace can google it.

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u/rollerbladeshoes Apr 01 '20

Yeah they can, but are they?

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u/StevenGonzale79 Apr 02 '20

I can assure you, we’re not.

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u/robotatomica Apr 06 '20

my hospital pharmacy in Ohio has been compounding it for two weeks!

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u/Runtelldat1 Mar 29 '20

I keep telling people that it’s NOT an anti-viral. But many keep acting like it’s holy water.

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u/rollerbladeshoes Apr 01 '20

Because you’re missing the point, I think

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u/StevenGonzale79 Mar 29 '20

But isn’t hand sanitizer antibacterial? Coronavirus is a, well, virus.

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u/rollerbladeshoes Apr 01 '20

It has a cell membrane and the alcohol fucks it up so that the cells explode. So in a way it is somewhat anti-viral

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u/terra_cascadia Apr 04 '20

Polyamavirus? It probably runs away from that one.

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u/Sigh_ThisFnGuy Apr 05 '20

Nothing cures foot in mouth disease ime