I think it's going to be a very serious year, and we have to brace ourselves. I don't think people washed their hands for 20 minutes. Soap dissolves the fat membrane and the virus essentially falls apart. It does work with alcohol-based hand gel, but not as well as with soap. Washing your hands with soap is the best thing you can do to keep the virus off your hands. Is that the best you can do? Neil Sedaka.