If alcohol is so effective at killing bacteria/viruses, why isn’t it used more often in medication?

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Thats kinda like asking why heat isn’t used in medicine. If boiling chicken kills pathogens why can’t we boil sick people?

Alcohol kills human cells at similar or even lower concentrations than what is needed to kill pathogens.