How Soap Works

Washing your hands with good old soap and water is a good way to avoid any kind of viral infection because just any kind of soap (even the cheapest ones) absolutely annihilates viruses. It has to do with how the soap molecules interact with the virus. Soap is made up of two-sided molecules. One side is attracted to water; the other side is attracted to fat. And viruses are made up of material surrounded by a coating of proteins and fat. When viruses interact with soap, that fat coating gets ripped out by the soap molecules. So soap literally demolishes viruses.