Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses
by Paul-ish on Thursday March 12, 2020 @03:08PM
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Physically, what constitutes the infection?
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Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses
by undersuit on Thursday March 12, 2020 @04:19PM
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The viral RNA, whatever the viral RNA is producing, and whatever components of the cell are directly working on the new viruses. There are intracellular parasites, a viral infection is just an intracellular parasite... that doesn't have a definite boundary like a cell membrane.