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To: PastorBooks
Anti-bacterial wipes don’t kill viruses. You need alcohol for that.

Alcohol does not kill all viruses, either.

During the SARS outbreak, one research spilled a vial of SARS virus inside the biosafety cabinet where he was doing experiments. He saturated the spilled liquid with alcohol, and let it sit for 10 minutes. He then wiped up the liquid, but he was not wearing gloves. He came down with SARS.

Unless a specific chemical has been tested and verified to kill a specific virus, you cannot assume that the virus is dead just because you doused it with that chemical.

37 posted on 09/06/2014 7:44:29 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: exDemMom

Did not know that. The only thing better than alcohol that I can think of is fire... but I don’t think the store would like it if I torched the cart.


38 posted on 09/06/2014 8:09:03 PM PDT by PastorBooks
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To: exDemMom

It all depends on the alcohol proof. 60% is nothing.


39 posted on 09/06/2014 8:15:14 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: exDemMom

Is alcohol a better choice for the grocery cart than the wipes?


53 posted on 09/07/2014 6:04:27 AM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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