Why do people think dettol kills covid 19?

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There is no evidence for that. It kills some corona viruses. The common cold.
The current evidence is that soap/ detergent and or bleach are the most effective things to clean with. Cheap and easily available.
We should be using the right stuff.

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about 3 weeks ago, a woman came up to me in the shops with a bottle of dettol asking if i could see where it said on the bottle it kills corona.

She had seen a FB post where it was "highlighted" on the bottle
She seemed shocked when i said it was BS and just another FB lie.

There are lots of corona viruses. It does, I think, kill some of them. But it has never been tested on covid 19.
Washing up liquid and hot water kills covid 19, as does a bleach solution.
Alcohol 70% works as long as it stays in contact for one minute before evaporating.
Thats it.
People using stuff that doesn't work and developing a false sense of security are increasing their risk.

Is Covid-19 not the illness causes by coronavirus?

Covid 19 is caused by a corona virus. So is the common cold, so is flu.
There are lots of corona viruses.
The media needs to call this virus Covid 19, not corona virus.
People are being misled and confused.

AFAIK, coronavirus is the name give to a whole load of viruses that are of a particular type. Cornaviruses cause Sars and swine fluas well as covid19.

Its a bit like using the term cancer, but not specifying if it is melanoma or lymphoma, or malignant or benign.

At the risk of getting boring and annoying, there is no such thing as a benign cancer.
I wish there was a way to make sure that the correct information was out there.
It is really upsetting to read that people are putting their faith in misinformation.

The problem is there are too many sources, social media spouts fake news and nonsense quicker than you can digest. It's so hard to know what is right.

Even mumsnet is calling it corona virus.

It is not known if it kills the virus to be more correct, so in fact you can't know if it works or not. It's explained why in the article here.

www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1252074/coronavirus-symptoms-update-news-dettol-disinfectants-list

Coronavirus strains cause covid, SARS, MERS. Influenza virus is completely different and causes flu (including swine flu) Rhinovirus again completely different and causes the common cold.
Sorry I missed the point of the thread but couldn’t read past someone saying that swine flu was caused by a Coronavirus?!?

Exactly. That is what I said. No evidence.
But there is evidence that detergent and bleach work. So the advice should be to use those.

Sorry, flu was wrong, I meant to say SARS.

Confusion deepened because its spread is being compared (quite legitimately) to that of various flu pandemics.

So if soap kills it can we just use soap instead of disinfectant on taps, handles, surfaces etc? Been meaning to ask a hcp or scientist that one.

Domestos. Kills all known germs dead.

Wonder if that includes Covid 19

Domestos is bleach. So presumably yes.

I have strawberry.
I've been washing my door and cupboard handles and kitchen appliance buttons down with soap every day. Just a thick lathery solution of bog standard bar soap. I walk around with house with my J cloth and tub of bubbles wiping everything. I hope it helps 🤞.

The virus is SARS-CoV-2

The disease it causes is Covid-19

www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(20)30046-3/fulltext

Covid 19 is caused by a corona virus. So is the common cold, so is flu.
There are lots of corona viruses.
The media needs to call this virus Covid 19, not corona virus.
People are being misled and confused.

Oh the irony of someone stating people are being misled and confused when there are two incorrect statements here! It’s like when the pedants make a grammatical mistake when they are pulling someone up for something.

At the risk of getting boring and annoying, there is no such thing as a benign cancer.

Benign cancer is the correct medical term for a tumour which is not malignant - malignant meaning that the tumour can spread into other tissues. I presume you mean that a benign tumour is not necessarily one that is not harmful, which is the general definition of benign. Benign tumour is a term that is in common usage by neurosurgeons and other medical professionals.

So stop pretending to be so knowledgeable.

Because the chances are it does, and it's a standard household item for lots of people so they'll use it.

At the risk of getting boring and annoying, there is no such thing as a benign cancer.

Please explain?

Cancers are always malignant. You have benign and malignant tumours but a cancerous tumour is always malignant.

Yes I noticed that when covid 19 came to light Dettol added Coronavirus to the label. I think they're cashing in on it and have no idea if it kills covid 19. If someone in the house falls ill I shall be using a bleach solution as I always do for viruses.

Because the chances are it does, and it's a standard household item for lots of people so they'll use it.
Dettol have made a statement that they have never tested on this new strain. There is no evidence that this new strain will be killed by Dettol wipes or sprays.
When the evidence is well known that soap and water does render it inactive then why waste money on things you dont need?
I have never seen so much Dettol being bought in supermarkets in my life! We are going to disappear under a mountain of indestructible wipes!

(Mainly because of the genius on fb who announced to the uk that it killed the virus causing Covid19. If it did, didnt people think that health advisors would be recommending it or that hospitals would be using it?)