⚠️DRINKING BLEACH—don’t do it please. But Georgia heath Dept now reporting people are ingesting diluted chlorine dioxide to “treat” #COVID19. No joke. Because GA governor’s office had to out a press release warning people to STOP drinking it for Covid. 🧵
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2) “Chlorine dioxide is a bleach-like cleaning agent and, if ingested, can have severe, adverse health effects,” @GovKemp office said.
3) Chlorine dioxide products have not been shown to be safe and effective for any use. The governor’s office said products are being marketed under names: Aqueous Chlorine Dioxide, CDS, Master Mineral Solution, Miracle Mineral Solution, MSS, Water Purification Solution, etc
4) Health officials said taking chlorine dioxide products can lead to respiratory failure, fatal heart rhythms, life-threatening low blood pressure, liver failure, low blood cell counts, and severe vomiting & diarrhea.
Chlorine dioxide is an active ingredient in disinfectants.
Chlorine dioxide is an active ingredient in disinfectants.
5) The press release urges people to call the Georgia Poison Center Hotline — 1-800-222-1222.
President Donald Trump earlier this year was ridiculed for musing about injecting COVID-19 patients with household disinfectants. He later said he was being “sarcastic.”
President Donald Trump earlier this year was ridiculed for musing about injecting COVID-19 patients with household disinfectants. He later said he was being “sarcastic.”
6) And many blame Trump for starting the bleach hysteria months ago.
7) To which @Lysol a major bleach maker had to put out a warning after Trump’s bleach comments. This was back in APRIL!! But now goddamn bleach and Covid is back?!?! 🤦🏻♂️
8) People can’t be that dumb to do it? Well, In April, after Trump made the remark, two people in Georgia drank liquid cleaning products in misguided attempts to ward off COVID-19, according to the Georgia Poison Center. ajc.com/news/state--re…
9) Still not convinced it’s an actual trend? How about 46 bleach drinking cases in Texas? “Following 46 cases of bleach ingestions in the North Texas Poison Center region since the start of August, experts are again warning it won’t prevent COVID-19.”
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10) Still hand waving its random cases not linked to COVID? “The [Texas Poison center] pointed to “misleading and inaccurate information circulating online about how to prevent the spread of #COVID19,” for an uptick in poisonings.” So it’s a real Covid related uptick. Thx Trump.
