The virus is not killed so It's a live virus, which is actually going to infect your intestinal system and reproduce.

病毒没有被杀死,那么它就是活性病毒,也就意味着它将会,侵入你的肠道系统并且会繁殖

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Formaldehyde cross-links proteins, so, if you treated this virus with Formaldehyde, even it was able to enter a cell, it couldn't break down anymore.

甲醛使蛋白质发生交联反应,因此,如果你对病毒使用了甲醛,即使它可以侵入细胞,它也不能够再进行分解

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