frankyboi@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy · 2 years agoIf hand sanitizer kills 99.99% of germs, then won't the surviving 0.01% make hand sanitizer resistant strains?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareIf hand sanitizer kills 99.99% of germs, then won't the surviving 0.01% make hand sanitizer resistant strains?frankyboi@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy · 2 years agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareBIFF@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThe 0.01% that remain generally aren’t enough to thrive to the point of reinfection before naturally dying off. There’s usually too few organisms left to do anything.
The 0.01% that remain generally aren’t enough to thrive to the point of reinfection before naturally dying off. There’s usually too few organisms left to do anything.