April 24, 2020 02:34 pm
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The makers of Lysol, the Washington State Emergency Management Division, and the Environmental Protection Agency all scrambled to do damage control after President Trump appeared to suggest injecting people with disinfectants could be a possible cure for COVID-19.
During last night’s White House press briefing, an official from the Department of Homeland Security said that they’re studying whether household cleaners like bleach and rubbing alcohol can kill the coronavirus on inanimate, non-living surfaces.
Trump, jumping back in, took it a step too far:
“And then I see disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute — one minute — and is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside, or almost a cleaning. Because you...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/24/21234279/lysol-poison-health-experts-trump-injections-epa-coronavirus
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