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Hi, I'm Julie from the Exploratorium. You've probably heard that washing your hands with
…………. and water is the most effective way of preventing the spread of coronavirus. Now
the question is, why is soap so helpful? And the answer is due to the biology and the structure
of the ……………. itself. Now a membrane surrounds many viruses, including
coronaviruses. And this membrane is exactly the same as the one that surrounds our own cells.
The membrane is made of molecules that have a special property. They have one side that I've
represented in blue here, that likes water, it's a water-loving end, and then their other half of
them dislikes water, it's a water-hating end. It likes fats a little bit more. Now these
molecules assemble so that they have actually two ………… of them. One side lines up
so the water's facing on this end, and the other sidelines up so the water's facing
on that. And basically, a ribbon of these surrounds the virus. Now the trick to inactivating
this virus is to disrupt the membrane. Soap molecules have very similar …………….
They have one side that likes water, and another sidethat's attracted to fat. That is why they're
really helpful when you're washing your greasy dishes. If you can get a soap molecule into
the virus membrane, it'll disrupt the structureof the membrane, and that
inactivates the virus. The other thing that soap is handy for, is it can help us
investigate the behavior of membranes. I have a tray of soapy water here, and a string that
I've threaded through two straws. If you wanna try this at home, we have instructions and a
recipe for it on our website. You can see that when I pull up the straws, that a film forms.
This is a soap film. And this membrane has the same behavior as the membrane
around the virus. If I touch it with my …………… hand, you’ll see that it pops.
And in fact, when the coronavirus is on a ………………., all it needs to do is
eventually dry out, and it will be inactivated. However, if I now wet my finger, you’ll see
that my …………….. finger does not disrupt the membrane. You've probably heard that the
virus travels in …………. droplets.It needs these droplets of water to keep its membranes
intact. Another thing you've probably heard is that if you don't have soapand
water available, hand sanitizers that have 60% or more alcohol, are also effective in
inactivating the virus.I have some 70% rubbing ……………. here, and this time I'm
gonna pull up my membrane, and I have my finger covered in the alcohol. And the moment I
touch the membrane, it pops. And so alcohol is another way to inactivate thevirus. Now
alcohol tends to evaporate, and maybe that happens before you've gotten it into all the
crevices of your hands, so soap and water is really the best choice. So keep
…………….your hands, and celebrate our hero: the soap molecule.
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