Eli5: Why are we told to wash our hands for 20 seconds to kill all the bacteria etc, but not told anything similar for dishwashing? What makes dishwashing different, if anything?
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The 20 seconds is to give the soap time to disrupt the lipid bilayer of the virus – effectively killing it and rinsing it down the drain, so its important to soap for long enough [one article on this ](https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/coronavirus-can-hand-washing-really-stop-the-spread-of-covid-19/)
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