Does it help kill some germs? Does antibacterial soap yield “superbugs” to survive after killing 99.99% of germs, thus should only be reserved for specific applications (like hospitals)?
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Not sure what the non-antibacterial soap bit means. But, hand gels (alcohol ones) kill bacteria by literally destroying the microbes. However, bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics because it only requires one gene, so natural selection will root out that gene quite quick. Becoming resistant to alcohol antiseptic would be a lot harder. It would require the fundamental nature of the microbe to change, and that takes a long time, even for a short lifespan organism like a bacteria.
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