system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Is the mass use of disinfectant and other preventive cleaning measures in households across the world right now going to cause an increase in disinfectant/drug resistant bacteria and viruses?

We hear all the time about bacteria becoming drug resistant by over prescribing antibiotics, can the same thing happen with viruses or bacteria and disinfectant?
gpt
Alcohol and alkaline products *physically* disrupt proteins and especially the fatty acids that make up the cells membranes and viruses capsides. It is much much harder (but not impossible) to develop a resistance to that.