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How easy is it to kill Coronavirus??

If we had a scale of 1 to 10 of how easy harmful germs are to kill, there's a few at the "10" end; anthrax and botulism spring to mind. Half-way up, at "5" we've got things like E. coli O157. And down at the bottom, with a score of 1, is Coronavirus. As it has a fatty outer layer, all you need is a simple detergent to break up this fatty layer, and there you go. It doesn't even need to be a disinfectant. This amazing video from University of New South Wales illustrates this perfectly; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlijOFdMJkE