JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/knockout/2.3.0/knockout-min.js"></script>

JavaScript

// View model
var vm = {
    name: ko.observable("john")
}

// Node to be added
var node = $("<div/>",{
    id: "testing",
    'data-bind' : "text: name()"
});

// First addition to body
$("body").append(node);

// Apply bindings
ko.applyBindings(vm,$("#testing")[0]);

vm.name('mike');

// Remove
ko.cleanNode($("#testing")[0]);

vm.name('tom');

$("#testing").remove();

$("body").append(node);

vm.name('imnotbinding');