Yes. Before every surgery I’ve had, scrubbing with antibacterial soap was required. So Uncle Sugar is going to take that away from us? Probably US will let us get it, but only via prescription. Prescription Dial. Gimme a break!
After every church service, even after slathering on hand sanitizer, I run to the sink and scrub with antibacterial soap. Those “hellos and handshakes” times can kill you, as DH and I discovered after being down with pneumonia picked up at church.
Quite a few years ago when I spent a bit of time studying up about flu, I did some research into antibacterial soaps vs just washing with regular soap. Interestingly, I found several studies had been done showing that vigorous handwashing with regular soap under running water got rid of as many bacteria as using antibacterial soap. And this really surprised me - washing vigorously under cold water, with no soap, for 1 minute, also got rid of as many bacterial as washing wtih soap or antibacterial soap.
It’s the washing action primarily that does it.